Salt Lake City Stories

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32 puppies adopted in one day

Need 32 reasons to smile today? Check out the puppy adoption cuteness overload in ...
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15 quarantine foster pet stories

Check out these adorable pets who got to move out of shelters and in with foster f...
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Support Your Local Utah Shelter and Rescue Groups

Support Your Local Utah Shelter and Rescue Groups
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COVID-19 Updates

COVID-19 Program Updates and Resources

Stay up to date regarding our programs and how you can help
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Marvelously spoiled senior cat

How an older, diabetic cat and two college students became a family of three
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Karma finally smiles on a high-energy, fun-loving pit bull terrier mix with a tough past

Once homeless in Houston, a high-energy, fun-loving pit bull terrier mix with a to...
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Dog goes from living rough to a loving home

How a sweet Great Pyrenees made his way out of a tough spot and walked straight in...
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Raise your glass: Rescued cat scores a sweet job in a Salt Lake City distillery

Cat adopted from Best Friends is now working at Beehive Distilling in Salt Lake Ci...
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Tiny kitten with serious injuries beats the odds and is now loving life

Kitten with challenges - injured rear leg and hip and a luxating patella - has her...
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Like daughter, like father: Teen encourages her father to save homeless cats

Sixteen-year-old inspires her dad to volunteer with her at the Best Friends Lifesa...
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Senior cat found herself homeless after diabetes diagnosis, but she is doing so much better now

A cat who was diagnosed with diabetes lost her home, but with special care and tre...
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Etch A Sketch artist draws portraits of homeless pets to help them get adopted

How an iconic drawing toy helped raise awareness for rescued dogs and cats in Salt...
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Giant polar bear of a dog inspires so many people to help him find a home

Pit bull and mastiff mix dog, who looks like a polar bear, is helped by so many pe...
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Etch A Sketch artist draws pictures of homeless pets to help them get adopted from the Best Friends Lifesaving Center in Salt Lake City.

Artist Britt West uses her Etch A Sketch to create drawings of homeless dogs and c...
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Wobbly kitten is perfect just the way he is

Little kitten wobbles when he walks because he has cerebellar hypoplasia (CH for s...
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