Sanctuary Stories

Intern Jenny Yamaha with a dog

Best Friends-backed degree inspires, guides new animal rescue organization

Jenny Franz shifted the focus of Better Together Dog Rescue to better address crit...
Read about her learning process
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Person holding Arabelle the kitten, whose mouth is open in a meow

Survivor kitten turned teacher

Arabelle needed extra care to thrive and in return she helped teach people how to ...
Read about this 'spokes-kitten'
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Bruce the cat wearing a bow tie with his tail up in the air

Welcome to 'The Adoption Game'

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Cleo the Amazon parrot

What is this parrot is saying?

Listen to Cleo. Do you have what it takes to interpret when he speaks?...
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Screen shot of animation of a child wanting to adopt a cat

Find your purrfect match

Animated short films that follow the heartwarming journey of three homeless cats w...
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Sunny and Grove the cats lying together and one grooming the head of the other

Animal friends at Best Friends

Friends make everything better, especially when they’re adorable animals....
Meet these best buddies
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Orange tabby cat standing on a county

Ask Faith: Advice to help stop cats from counter surfing, dogs from digging

Best Friends co-founder answers questions about how to keep a curious, food-obsess...
Follow Faith's advice
Best Friends Magazine
Cedar the dog with ears up, mouth open smiling and wearing a harness

Dogs voted most likely to make you smile

Best hair, most likely to be a superhero, longest tongue: Meet some of the supersp...
Who's your favorite?
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Dude the rage with his front paws grasping a metal bar

Did you know?

Learn fun facts about rats, mink, tortoises, jackrabbits and more....
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Vincent the chameleon standing on a branch

A day in the life at Wild Friends

Meet Vincent the chameleon and some other unexpected residents at Best Friends Ani...
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Best Friends caregiver hugging a boxer dog

It’s time we have a conversation about pay

Personal sacrifice and passion cannot be the price of admission into nonprofit ani...
Fair compensation needed for animal caregivers
Julie Castle Blog
Legion the dog smiling and wearing sunglasses

Hero dog with traumatic past gets his own party at Dogtown

It's a 'just because' party and no one deserves it more than this h...
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Moogan the dog looking up with a toy between his front feet

Blind dog can still find his favorite things

When he was younger, Moogan’s vision started to fail, but he doesn’t let anything ...
Read about his zest for life
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Sara Vincent holding a litter of four kittens in her arms

101 kittens: a foster story

When Sara Vincent retired, she decided she wanted to play with kittens every day, ...
Read about fostering from an expert
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Alida and Gary sitting with a cat in his lap

Two volunteers, helping animals in countless ways

From transporting pets to fostering cats, Alida and Gary Oldham are always ready t...
Read how they help
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