Cat Stories

Declawed cat had behavioral issues and experienced chronic pain after the painful declawing surgery, but she's feeling much better in her new home.

Cat found in snow with severe frost bite, requiring amputation of part of his tail, recovers and goes on to be fostered and adopted into loving home.

Little kitten had a lot of challenges early in his life, but now this incredible survivor cat is living life to the fullest and believes he's a dog!

Wildlife conservationists, animal welfare experts, and veterinary medicine professionals co-author peer-reviewed study explaining TNR effectiveness.

A member of a colony with strays and ferals, one cat turns out to be very friendly and cuddly. She's since been adopted and has become a therapy cat.

Best Friends Animal Society participates in the 2019 CatCon in Pasadena, California, as the official adoption partner. Nearly 200 cats are adopted.

Why do some male cats have big cheeks? Unneutered tomcats often have puffy jowls. Find out why, and see some adorable chub-cheeked cat photos.

Best Friends Leadership Training Academy is a five-day hands-on course for animal shelters to learn strategies to save more animals.

Eighty-year-old woman adopts 14-year-old cat from Best Friends Lifesaving Center in Los Angeles. Their golden years just got brighter.

Heckin' good pupperinos and pretty kitties werk the runway at Best Friends during epic photo shoot that inspires derps, mlems and borks.

Saving shelters pets from being killed is as simple as thinking outside the box - er, kennel. This article spotlights the change-setters.

Neonatal kitten with cleft palate gets special feedings through a tube at the Best Friends kitten nursery. He is now being cared for in a foster home.

Animal shelter dog and cat transports save lives by moving pets from one shelter to another where they have a better chance of being adopted.

Shy wallflower cat, who wasn't interested in socializing with people, becomes a cuddly lap cat once she is adopted into her forever home.

Best Friends holds Super Adoption at NRG Arena in Houston, where 300 dogs and cats are adopted from Best Friends and 15 other shelters and rescues.