Stories

Read about four cats with urinary incontinence who require little extra care, are clean, and need to have their bladders expressed a few times daily.

Louisville Metro Police Department and Louisville Metro Animal Services partner for Paws on Patrol program that pairs shelter dogs with police.

Yearling quarter horse suffering from lameness had a three-inch nail that had pierced the bottom of his hoof and became lodged. He'd need surgery.

Dog, who was stoic and reserved in the shelter, begins to let his personality shine during a sleepover, and is then adopted into a forever home.

Senior cat with kidney disease, in a foster hospice home, is adopted by her foster mom and moves with her to Nova Scotia.

Dog is hit by a car, which leaves him with two broken back leg femur bones and other injuries. He receives surgery, physical therapy and hydrotherapy.

Family of four completes summer internships (two animal care internships and two personalized internships) at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

Hurricane Katrina survivor dog, who overcame the trauma he experienced and became a role model for shy dogs, is adopted into a forever home.

Two senior special-needs cats (one extremely shy and toothless, the other with kidney disease, a heart murmur and pancreatitis) are adopted.

A new kitten nursery opens at the Best Friends Visitor Center in Kanab. Visitors can watch the lifesaving work happen through a viewing window.

Data analyst Ron Burd researches and compiles statistics on animal shelters' save rates for dogs and cats, helping the country get closer to no-kill.

Pueblo Animal Services, with Best Friends, All Breed Rescue and Training, and Canine Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary, helps 20 fighting case dogs.

Interview with teenager from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, who visited the animals at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary on a family volunteer vacation.

Freelance journalist and Dog Writers Association of America president Jen Reeder's interview about volunteering at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

Former contractor volunteers to help renovate the area for the new animal transport program at the Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in Atlanta.