Stories

Best Friends offers aid to Austin Pets Alive to help shelter dogs with behavioral issues via Canine Good Citizen training and socialization program.

Read 10 highlights from Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in Utah's first year, including several special dog and cat adoptions.

Pit bull terrier, with a loving and calm demeanor, finds her calling as a therapy dog and then as an emotional support dog for a military veteran.

While retail sales bans on mill-bred dogs and cats are becoming more common, a new survey reveals people still buy dogs at pet stores instead of adopt.

Two dogs learn important life skills at Canine Life and Social Skills (CLASS) dog training program at Dogtown at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

Though remote, the location selected for Best Friends Animal Sanctuary continues to motivate and inspire animal lovers 30 years later.

Former stray jumps through hoops (and loves it)

No More Homeless Pets Network partners work together during kitten season and all year round to help kittens in need across the country find homes.

Best Friends helps Commissioner Michele Lazarow get pet sale ban ordinances passed in Florida communities, including Hallandale Beach.

Francis Battista's Huffington Post article emphasizes importance of prioritizing the lives of shelter animals.

County ordinance prohibiting adoption of pitbulls from Loudoun County Animal Services in Waterford, Virginia, is overturned.

Two kittens receive special care at Best Friends in Los Angeles

It’s time to celebrate South Dakota Pit Bull Independence Day, as Senate Bill 75 bans breed discrimination.

A family who never gave up searching for their lost dog is finally reunited with him. Read this amazing dog story of second chances.

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary has a Kids Camp where children interact with, and learn about, many animals: dogs, cats, parrots, horses and more.