Stories

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

A timid beagle who has seizures is adopted by a beagle lover in Philadelphia.

Lovable dog with unique smile (she's missing part of her lower jaw so her tongue hangs out) had found a home, but then there was another challenge.

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.

Vicktory dog Georgia from Vick fighting ring makes appearance on the 'Ellen DeGeneres Show' and shows that former fighting dogs can be rehabilitated.

One cat comes to the rescue of another feline who is diabetic and anemic by providing a blood donation.

Georgia the Vicktory dog, who was rescued in NFL player Michael Vick's dogfighting bust, appears on Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Due to Best Friends Animal Society's "Puppy-Store-Free LA" campaign targeting pet stores that sell puppy mill puppies, Pet Love in Los Angeles closes.

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

Two dogs who spent their lives chained up come to Best Friends. Their former owners were charged with animal cruelty.

Phone books make great chew toys for parrots. The birds at Best Friends love this form of enrichment.

Giving a Best Friends membership gift helps homeless animals. Here are examples of what a pet donation pays for and how it impacts an animal's life.

Bird veterinarian / behaviorist Dr. Jan Hooimeijer holds class on neurotic parrot behavior (eg, feather plucking) and positive-reinforcement training.

Best Friends animal consultant helps assess animals and gives suggestions at C.A.R.E. (Cat & Canine Assistance, Referral and Education) in California.