One Day, 200+ Adoptable Dogs and Cats: Best Friends Super Adoption Returns to Crystal Bridges on November 14

National nonprofit will host pet-centric festival with fee-waived adoptions, food trucks, family-friendly activities, and more
Best Friends Super Adoption in Northwest Arkansas
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Pet lovers, mark your calendars! Best Friends Super Adoption is returning to Northwest Arkansas for the third year, bringing a free, one-day festival to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  

Hosted by Best Friends Animal Society, this year's Super Adoption will feature more than 200 adoptable dogs and cats from over 10 shelters and rescue groups across Arkansas. All adoption fees will be covered by Best Friends Animal Society, making it easier than ever to bring home a new family member this fall. Last year's two-day Best Friends Super Adoption helped more than 230 pets find homes, including every cat at the event.  

Best Friends Animal Society is a national nonprofit working to make the entire country no-kill*, which means saving every healthy or treatable pet in shelters. According to the organization's data, Arkansas saved 81% of pets in shelters in 2025, but 5,500 dogs and cats were still killed simply because they didn't have a safe place to call home. The data shows that if an additional one out of every 200 households in Arkansas chose to adopt a pet next year from a shelter, the entire state would be no-kill.

"The best way anyone can help save the lives of dogs and cats in Arkansas' shelters is by choosing to adopt rather than purchase from a breeder or pet store," said Michelle Logan, Executive Director, Best Friends Pet Resource Center in Northwest Arkansas. "Best Friends Super Adoption makes that easier by bringing pets from shelters and rescue groups all over the state to one location. Attendees will have the chance to meet hundreds of dogs and cats in a single day and find the best fit for their family."

For those not ready to adopt, there will still be plenty to enjoy at Best Friends Super Adoption. Festivalgoers can grab a bite from local food trucks, visit exhibitor booths, enter giveaways, and take part in family-friendly activities throughout the day. This event will also offer opportunities to learn how to get involved in helping homeless pets by volunteering, fostering, donating, and advocating, as well as how pet owners in the community can find support at Best Friends Pet Resource Center.

"If you can't adopt, fostering is another great way to help pets in shelters," said Logan. "In fact, some of the dogs and cats at Best Friends Super Adoption are here because someone in our community opened their home to them, whether for a few weeks or just one night. We invite everyone to come out and join us, enjoy great food, meet some adoptable pets, and find out how they can get involved in saving the lives of adoptable pets."

Ahead of Best Friends Super Adoption, Best Friends Pet Resource Center in Bentonville will be taking in pets from shelters and rescues across the region that are not able to travel to the event. To help give these pets time and space to decompress before the event, the nonprofit is seeking temporary fosters in the community. To learn more about how to become a foster, please visit bestfriends.org/northwest-arkansas/foster.

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*No-kill is generally defined as a save rate of 90% or higher for dogs and cats entering a shelter, a widely recognized benchmark for measuring lifesaving success. The 90% threshold reflects the reality that a small percentage of animals enter shelters with severe medical or behavioral conditions that prevent rehoming. However, no-kill is not a one-size-fits-all standard. Some shelters may reach no-kill at save rates above 90%, while others that provide specialized services, such as neonatal kitten care or compassionate end-of-life support, may fall slightly below that benchmark. Ultimately, reaching and sustaining no-kill requires collaboration among shelters, rescue groups, local governments, and community members, all working together to save lives while protecting public safety and animal welfare.

About Best Friends Animal Society

Best Friends Animal Society is a leading animal welfare organization dedicated to saving the lives of dogs and cats in America's shelters and making the entire country no-kill. Founded in 1984, Best Friends runs lifesaving facilities and programs nationwide in partnership with more than 6,500 shelters and rescue organizations. From our headquarters in Kanab, Utah, we also operate the nation's largest no-kill animal sanctuary — a destination that brings our mission to life for thousands of visitors each year. We maintain the most comprehensive animal sheltering data in the country and make it accessible to the public — empowering communities with critical insights into the needs of their local shelters and how they can help. We believe every dog and cat deserves a home. And we believe that, by working together, we can Save Them All®.