Stories

Your action needed now for Companion Animal Access and Rescue Act legislation coming up for a vote as early as June 6 in New York State.

All animal are individuals, with their own distinct personalities. This story of three dogs shows that.

A red-tail hawk shot in the wing and a host of baby orphaned animals are the latest rescues at Best Friends’ wildlife rehabilitation center.

Two men save two little black kittens from being severely hurt in a prescribed burn fire. The kittens come to the Sanctuary for treatment and care.

Bird advocate Nico Dauphiné is suspected of trying to poison feral cats.

Animal welfare organizations come together to help the feral cats of Tangier Island by providing trap/neuter/return.

These one-of-a-kind events pull together the rescue and shelter community to find homes for homeless pets and spread awareness.

Avanzino's watershed achievement was an adoption compact with the city that effectively turned San Francisco into a no-kill community.

Join us for the adoption event of the season, May 21 - 22 at La Brea Tar Pits Park, you might even get to take a rockstar home!

Best Friends' video promoting adopting a dog or cat from an animal shelter or rescue is currently running in NYC in Times Square on the Geoffrey Tron.

Read about one woman's experience of adopting her first dog. This inspired her to start a website to help other new dog parents.

Disasters are part of life, and animals are inevitably caught up in the turmoil. We have come a long way in how animals in disasters are treated.

A review of the reasons horses lose their homes and/or are abandoned and what can be done about this problem.

Pawsitive Alliance, based in the Seattle, Washington, area, receives grant to save animals by holding pet adoption events in the Puget Sound area.

Tips for keeping a horse from getting bored -- ideas for keeping a horse physically and mentally engaged: horse toys, slow-feeding systems and more.