Texas Stories

Best Friends volunteers go into shelters for a full day of doing whatever the shelter staff need help with the most.

Meet two 2025 Action Team volunteers in Weslaco, Texas, committed to saving pets in their community.

Potato is a dog with nine lives. He was at risk in a shelter, then beat heartworm disease, then needed emergency surgery, and finally landed a family who loves him dearly.

Get ready to smile (and maybe have a few tissues handy) because these stories are sure to get tails wagging and purrs rumbling.

Meet Pepper, an athletic, larger-than-life dog, and Fernie, who is none of the above.

A tornado blew the roof off Pasadena Animal Shelter, but quick action and collaboration assured the safety of every animal.

Best Friends assists city of Sugar Land with far too many cats living in one house.

Get 2023 off to an uplifting and inspiring start with these stories about people doing amazing things for animals.

Best Friends provides hands-on training to help veterinary teams catch up on lagging number of surgeries nationwide.

AJ arrived at a Texas shelter with an injured leg, but time was on his side. Today, the chatty cat with three legs will tell you all about it.

Good news for dogs and cats across the country.

Here are just a few of the more than 370 cats and dogs Best Friends has moved out of Florida since Hurricane Ian hit.

Teams work nonstop to assist dogs and cats in Florida shelters

These five stories from shelters and rescue organizations across the country are surefire pick-me-ups.

Peanut Butter the cat shows a kind couple how much fun it can be to have a feline in your life.