Sanctuary Stories

Cats at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary enjoy stroller rides, which provide great enrichment, entertainment and mental stimulation.

Renovation of Marshall's Piggy Paradise is complete, making area more functional and welcoming for pigs at Best Friends. Read about the improvements.

The Sanctuary has a new suite for FeLV discordant cats. These cats test positive on one test and negative on another for the feline leukemia virus.

Dog enrichment in the form of games keeps your dog mentally and emotionally youthful. Here are ideas for canine brain games.

A January trip to Best Friends benefits some of Oregon’s homeless pets.

Once abused and abandoned, horse gets help and then pays it forward by helping and providing companionship for a socially awkward, blind horse.

A love story

Two baby guinea pigs (called pups) are born at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary on Mother's Day. These precocial pups are already enjoying life.

California gull who wouldn't fly becomes a Best Friends educational bird. Read about why these birds are considered to be heroic in Utah.

Oliver the pig is the new kid on the block at the Sanctuary. Though he weighs 236 pounds, he is not fat. Read his story and about his personality.

Cat with cerebellar hypoplasia is feeling a lot better after starting on medicine to ease his neuropathic pain. He used to be grumpy, but not now.

Hiking cats get a breath of fresh air and some exercise.

Two shy dogs, a Lab mix and cattle dog mix, support one another and balance each other perfectly.

Sammy the potbelly pig, who is so overweight he can't see, goes on a nutritious diet to help him lose weight.

Senior cat with a thyroid condition, kidney disease, high blood pressure, and an old hip fracture comes the the Sanctuary for extra TLC and medical treatment.