Best Friends Magazine Stories

Highway the cat head-bumping Lisa Anderson

Touch-sensitive kitty blossoms in foster home

Highway wasn’t a fan of being touched when he arrived at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Now he’s on the road to healing with help from his friends.
Read about his progress
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Blond retriever mix dog in a home environment

Don’t you just love happy endings for homeless pets?

Let’s find out how some of our Best Friends pets are settling into their new homes.
Updates from adopters
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Coconut the tabby cat on a gray chair with a yellow and white print pillow

Pet adoptions that were meant to be

These families all came together in different ways, but the end result was the same: pets living in homes where they’re treasured.
Meet the newly adopted pets
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Shepherd mix dog wearing a purple bandana

Inspiring tales of teamwork saving pets’ lives

These Best Friends Network Partners are proving how together we can save the lives of more homeless cats and dogs.
Read about their great work
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Pocket the dog in a yard with a toy ball

Busting myths about fostering dogs

If you’re on the fence about fostering, let us dispel some of the misperceptions.
Help get dogs into homes
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Officer Thomas Stanfield holding the rescued black kitten in the squad car

Making the world better through kindness toward animals

From a community coming together to find a missing dog to a tree trimmer who rescues stuck felines, these kind acts will warm your heart.
Read their stories
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Teresa LaCross holding a cat

A determined voice of change for homeless pets

How one shelter director found her voice and skyrocketed lifesaving by recognizing the power in a single word: listen
How they've embraced change
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Dogpool wearing her red outfit with tongue out

Award-winning animals

We bestow totally serious titles on some of the animals at Best Friends in honor of Peggy, canine star in “Deadpool & Wolverine.”
And the winners are ...
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Pumpkin the cat wearing a harness and lying next to some plants in the greenhouse

Senior kitty finds his Zen among the plants

When Pumpkin, one of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary’s most beloved cats, needed a temporary home, an unusual, yet fitting location cropped up.
Now he's supervising the landscaping team
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Orange and white cat in a white kennel

Pet adoption stories to make you feel the love

These recent adoption stories showcase just what it means to bring love home by adopting a pet.
See the happy faces
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White and tan dog with mouth slightly open smiling

Shelters get creative to showcase adoptable pets

These groups are using every opportunity and tool at their disposal to send more dogs and cats to new homes — and keep pets together with their families.
See what they're doing
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The two owlets being fed with an adult owl puppet beside them

Baby barn owls survive accidental road trip

When a hay truck accidentally loaded a nest of hatching owl eggs, Wild Friends staff feared the babies wouldn’t survive. Then something amazing happened.
Owlets have remarkable recovery
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Francis Battista with multiple dogs outside in Angel Canyon

Reflections on our relationship to pets

Ultimately, animals are essential to our wholeness as human beings, so we must save those in shelters. 
The core of our mission to end the killing in shelters
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Person holding a litter of brown puppies in her arms

The making of an animal shelter super mentor

A small, scrappy shelter in the Midwest is setting the bar for no-kill mentorship.
These partnerships save lives
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Multicolored cat with a green and white bed behind her

Endearing pet adoption updates to warm your heart

Check out kitty grooming contests, a lasagna-stealing cat, an adventure-loving pup, and a big-hearted dog who loves hugs.
Read their updates
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