Pet Adoption Stories

Pancake needs special care due to her incontinence, but Dakota doesn't mind. In fact, it's the reason she decided to adopt her.

Best Friends’ new Faces of No-Kill series highlights pets who ended up in shelters and are alive and thriving today thanks to shelters embracing no-kill.

Life seemed overwhelming for Taz when he arrived at Best Friends, but now he’s learning how to confidently navigate the world with his new family.

Aubrey Tsosie gave Elton the time of his life, and he changed hers in the process.

Two souls in search of a better life reach new heights together.

Eleanor once lived in a home with too many dogs. Now, she’s living large and making her adopters laugh in the process.

Allison Botwinick wanted to adopt the family’s foster dog Aragon, but first she’d have to get her mom on board. So she got creative.

Sara had only had dogs, but an orange cat named Louis is showing her how much fun it can be to share a home with a cat.

The eligible singles at Best Friends in Los Angeles don’t care if you drive a fancy car or how snazzy your clothes are. But if you don’t love dogs, it’s a deal-breaker.

Dolly Jean was too thin and had a belly full of worms when she came to Best Friends, but now she’s thriving.

Faces of no-kill: Beautiful, blue-eyed cat Spartacus came to Best Friends with a broken leg and a terrible respiratory infection, but today he’s thriving in his new home.

Faces of no-kill: Sweet Baby James could hardly even crawl when he first came to the Sanctuary, but today he’s stronger and in a home of his own.

Ash, Basil, Cedar, and Denali are in good company in their new home: a bustling family farm where they’re never lonely.

Kiba was standoffish around people, but around other dogs she proved she’s a social butterfly ready to put her best side on display.

A longtime dog lover finds joy and comfort from adopting a senior feline who needed the same from him.