Los Angeles Stories

To Belle Henderson there's no greater reward than helping cats at the Best Friends Lifesaving Center in Los Angeles get adopted

When Ranko Fukuda isn't helping youth in foster homes, she's helping senior pups and neonatal kittens at Best Friends in Los Angeles.

This adopter had one rule: no puppies! For her, the older the dog, the better. Read how she found the perfect senior dog to adopt.

"Lillie always has a smile on her face and we could not be happier to have her with us!"

Longtime shelter resident, a senior black cat named Millie, finally got picked and adopted over the kitten competition she was up against.

Timid Doberman pinscher receives help overcoming her fears, and extra precautions are taken for her spay surgery since she has Von Willebrand disease.

"She dedicates countless hours to our most behaviorally challenging population, always with a smile."

Need a New Year’s Resolution? Give a Shelter Dog “Five to Thrive." Los Angeles Animal Services and Best Friends Animal Society are asking dog lovers to foster throughout the month of January.

Deaf white pit bull, with blue eyes, a pink nose, and a calm and loving personality, is adopted just in time for the holidays by the perfect couple.

Woman had her mind set on adopting a young, small dog, maybe even a puppy, but she fell in love with a big 90-pound senior, arthritic pit bull mix.

Little kitten was malnourished and weak, with a broken hind leg that was infected and needed to be amputated. He's doing so much better now.

A volunteer who works with homeless dogs and cats at Best Friends in L.A. learns powerful lessons in love and compassion from them.

Dog helps veteran find purpose after he returns from deployment as a reservist with the California National Guard.

Big, energetic dog is adopted in L.A., but has to learn to accept being in crate so he can fly across the country to his new home in Virginia.

Do it all volunteer Robert Lobo helps the animals in Los Angeles, doing everything from fostering big dogs and tiny kittens to helping with events.