Stories

An FIV-positive cat from Best Friends is adopted and is now living the high life, literally, on the 19th floor of a high rise in Atlanta.

See photos and videos of animals - pigs, parrots, puppies and a pony - enjoying some holiday joy this season.

Pug rescued from puppy mill shows signs of serious neglect, but she is adopted and her life changes dramatically for the better.

Interview with Ashley Tzioumis, who fostered a scared black pit bull terrier and made a huge difference in her life, helping her get adopted.

Heartbroken shelter puppy at the Palm Valley Animal Center in Edinburg, Texas, is transported to the Portsmouth Humane Society in Virginia to be adopted.

Retired professor Alma Davenport volunteers at both the Potter League for Animals in Rhode Island and Best Friends Animal Sanctuary to help shy cats.

Francis Battista rescues a senior German shepherd from the Harris County Animal Shelter in Houston, illustrating the benefits of adopting.

Go behind the scenes with Best Friends staffers as they share notes from the field about their feral cat program work and TNR for community cats.

Read the best (and more popular) pet stories of 2018 about dogs and a cat who overcame odds to find love and a forever home.

Cats and dogs are adopted for the holidays during the Best Friends Black Friday pet adoption promotion events around the country.

Difficult dog begins to thrive with a daily routine that provides structure, consistency and safety, plus lots of play and fun time. Read more.

Best Friends is using technology to save more pets in five key areas: adoption, fostering, transporting, rehoming, and keeping pets in their homes.

Best Friends is saving 800 puppies in partnership with Palm Valley Animal Center in Edinburg, Texas. Follow the stories of 58 of them.

Rather than typical prison-like structures, animal shelters in the future are expected to be more like community animal resource centers.

Starving mastiff receives diagnosis -- enzyme deficiency called exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) and gets medical help. Read his story.