Stories

Best Friends awards Humane Animal Treatment Society a grant to help fund their spay and neuter program for pets already in homes.

On July 9, 2017, a car crashed into the Brandywine Valley SPCA's facility in New Castle, Delaware. One hundred pets have been displaced. Please help.

Shy heeler mix dog hit by a car suffers dislocated hip and a damaged back leg. He is recovering and getting lots of love.

Affectionate, happy and fun blue and gold macaw parrot with medical issues, the most obvious of which is she holds her head upside down, is adopted.

Why do people buy pets instead of adopting? A Best Friends survey sheds light on the barriers to dog and cat adoption.

Senior boxer dog receives medications, supplements and spa treatments (laser, hydrotherapy, acupuncture and chiropractic sessions) to feel his best.

DeLana and George Folz from Phoenix, Arizona, are longtime volunteers with Best Friends, having volunteered for over 20 years. Here's their story.

Cat with heart disease (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, causing a thickening of his heart walls) is receiving medical treatment and TLC at the Sanctuary.

Stephanie Etherton, a volunteer with Best Friends in New York, helps regularly with the adoptable animals at the PetSmart in Harlem.

Weak, covered in fleas and ants and tied to a fence, dog is taken to Charleston Animal Society. She gets blood transfusion and is now in foster care.

Riding their bikes thousands of miles cross-country, Floyd Lampart and Kevin McCall raise money for and awareness about pets in need.

Five wild cottontail bunnies are rescued after their home was destroyed by landscaping equipment. They come to the Sanctuary for help and care.

Two matted dogs, a senior cocker spaniel and senior poodle, receive makeovers that transform them. Both found a forever home together.

Fire affects several communities north of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in the Kanab, Utah, area. There is currently no threat to Best Friends.

June 23 is Take Your Dog to Work Day, but at Best Friends, every day is Take Your Pet to Work Day! See pics of working dogs, cats and other animals.