Stories

Best Friends Animal Society's CEO Julie Castle is named on InStyle's Badass 50, a list that recognizes dynamic women leading social change.

City College of San Francisco dance faculty member Chelsea Eng helps start a dance fundraiser for animal rescue and volunteers at the Sanctuary.

Heartworm positive dogs at Best Friends in Atlanta receive treatment (antibiotic doxycycline and injections) and then are adopted into homes.

A favorite dog of shelter staff and volunteers, a pit bull who'd been waiting for a home for a while is adopted by a man who is charmed by him.

Can a dog and cat be friends? Of course, they can. Meet an adopted puppy and young cat who are best friends who love one another.

Harris County, Texas, where Houston is located, has taken their shelter animal save rate from 52% to nearly 90% in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Delta Airlines will not allow individuals with disabilities to travel with "pit bull type dogs." Pit bull service animals are unwelcome on Delta.

Harris County Animal Shelter desperately needs foster homes for kittens. Email Houstonfoster@bestfriends.org for information.

Stray, malnourished dog was very weak and thin, but after time with a loving foster family, he is stronger and healthier, and ready to be adopted.

Julie Castle, CEO of Best Friends, shares the history of the animal welfare movement and Best Friends' plan to end shelter killing by 2025.

At Best Friends Kitten Nursery in SoHo in New York City, the most-at risk baby kittens from the city shelter receive round-the-clock care.

After going through many hardships, one woman is reunited with her beloved dog. Read this heartwarming dog reunion story.

Ensure your family and pets are prepared in case of a natural disaster. Develop an emergency plan and put together a pet preparedness kit now.

Woman adopts her new best friend from the Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Watch a video of her adventures with her dog.

Cat with kidney disease was living outside as a stray, but now he has been adopted and is receiving treatment, medication and a prescription diet.