Stories

The collective power of individual action is helping to save more pets’ lives and bring the whole country to no-kill.

Best Friends co-founder shares how each of his dogs has been an essential part of the story of his life.

See how caregivers at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary bring joy to wildlife who can’t be released.

Dogs are human’s best friend, but for one volunteer at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Moogan the dog is both human’s best friend and hero.

Best Friends has teamed up with other animal welfare groups to arrange transportation for pets away from storm-damaged areas to shelters in other states.

A cantankerous cat named Pumba now has someone who appreciates her just the way she is.

With the local animal shelter at capacity, an Arkansas family rallied their neighbors to care for 11 tiny homeless puppies.

Best Friends’ 2024 Strut Your Mutt fundraising walk and festival benefited animal welfare organizations in and around Salt Lake City.

When Marilyn Bunroe landed at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, she wasn’t feeling her best. But with vet care and TLC, now she’s jumping for joy.

A grant to support special veterinary care helps Planned PEThood in Georgia save a tiny kitten’s life.

A summary of our crisis response over the past three weeks

Bonito came to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary as an anxious pup. Now he’s helping other dogs find their confidence through the power of play.

Best Friends team members headed to Florida to provide relief to animal shelter staff, along with displaced people and their pets, after the hurricanes.

When Swing was diagnosed with cancer, he had to stop laser therapy for arthritis. But that didn’t mean the therapy sessions he loved so much had to stop.