Remembering your special pet
Celebrating your pet’s life — and your enduring connection — can provide comfort and light in grief’s darkest moments.
Our pets are with us through thick and thin. They are woven into the very fabric of our everyday lives. That’s why we offer a number of ways to honor the memory of a cherished pet, and each can provide comfort while bringing love and care to animals around the country.
Celebrate the life of your pet with a memorial or gift
Make a donation in memory of your pet
Your gift in memory of an animal will go straight to work helping homeless pets via Best Friends programs across the country. You can also set up a monthly memorial gift to help the animals year-round.
Create a memorial webpage to remember your pet
Pay tribute to your special pet on a digital memorial page, where you can tell their story and upload your favorite photos to easily share with family and friends — and they can share their remembrances too.
As part of your gift, you can pay tribute to your pet or your loved one’s pet in one of our monthly Angels Rest blessings. Angels Rest is at the heart of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, and it is the peaceful place of comfort and reflection where we remember special pets who have passed.
Other meaningful ways to remember your pet
There are many ways to memorialize your pet at our animal sanctuary or at home. You can create a fundraiser or order a memorial marker or other item of tribute.
For information about requesting a placement for your pet at Angels Rest, please contact angelsrest@bestfriends.org or download a PDF of our brochure.
We want you to know you are not alone. This is a community of caring pet lovers who understand the singular pain of saying goodbye to your best friend. And we are committed to honoring those lives by working to ensure that every dog and cat in this country has a loving family to call their own.
