Sanctuary Stories

Two opossums, animals related to marsupials, not rats, are abandoned in a cage. Learn about their rescue as well as their personalities.

Bonita the Vicktory dog, abused as a bait dog in Michael Vick's fighting ring, dies. Her strong, loving spirit and desire to love and trust lives on.

Pony with Cushing's Disease comes to the Sanctuary for medical treatment. She is feeling much better now and her spirited personality is coming out.

Having already helped her timid Chihuahua, woman adopts a second shy bigger dog who is now making great progress.

Two former Michael Vick dogs, Handsome Dan and Little Red, become best friends, proving some former fighting dogs can live peacefully with other dogs.

The cat area of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is named. It is officially called Cat World. How fitting! Learn more about this feline area.

Best Friends veterinarian Dr. Frank McMillan is studying the behavioral challenges of former puppy mill breeder dogs and how to treat them.

These Amazon parrots with high blood pressure need to lose weight. Caregivers are feeding them a healthy diet and helping them be more active.

Moluccan cockatoo exposed to paint fumes comes to the Sanctuary for refuge. He has stopped plucking his feathers and is much happier.

As an intact stallion, Chewy the horse didn't like other horses. Now that he has had his gelding operation, he has mellowed and now has a horse pal.

A brother dog and sister dog who came from the same litter are reunited at the Sanctuary many years later.

‘The Outsiders' episode of National Geographic's 'DogTown' TV series features a dog from a hoarding situation and a dog with bad allergies.

This great pit bull makes an excellent employee, has a fantastic resume, and is qualified for a number of job positions. Find out about this cutie.

There are various ways we enrich the animals' lives at the Sanctuary. Read about enrichment ideas for cats, horses, rabbits, birds and other species.

The potbellied pigs at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary get new housing accommodations: piggy condos that are heated and air-conditioned!