Stories

Trainers introduce horse from a criminal neglect situation to a halter. Their slow and steady approach using treats is proving successful.

Playgroups for shelter dogs in Los Angeles are a ton of fun and make the dogs more adoptable by providing various benefits.

Best Friends Emergency Response team and generous donors provide critical help to animals in need after Superstorm Sandy hits the East Coast.

Best Friends animal shelter in Los Angeles is redesigned to include open cat rooms, with cat shelves, beds, and more, to spotlight cats for adoption.

[Artist Janet Bray sells a painting of King O, a famous parrot at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, which results in a donation used to buy parrot toys.

This is a great benchmark to take us into year two of NKLA, we now have the stats for the rest of the year — and shelter killing at Los Angeles Animal Services was down for 2012 by more than 4,200 animals compared to 2011.

Scott Stringer, Manhattan borough president, releases report calling for makeover of New York City Animal Care and Control.

Ideas for saving shelter dogs shared at conference: foster volunteers for dogs with behavioral issues, volunteer dog trainers, and more.

Former laboratory beagle now giving comfort to Newtown families.

Read story of rescue dog who is high energy and loves tennis balls, and is now working to become a search and rescue dog in his new home.

Thank You! Best Friends directly saves or fixes over 90,000 animals in 2012.

Moluccan cockatoo named, a well-known bird at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, is adopted. Read about why this bird is famous and his adoption.

Child, a young girl of 10 years old, volunteers with animals at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Kids as young as six years old can volunteer with pets.

Labrador retriever mix showed aggressive behavior so his family took him to many trainers who could not help him, but this story has a happy ending.

A generous offer from a local business helps adoptable pups thrive.