Cat Stories

It's spring you know what that means! It's kitten season! Read 8 reasons why you should consider fostering kittens.

Photos celebrate rescue and shelter dog and cat "gotcha days," when each was adopted into a forever family of their own.

Your perfect pet may not be the dog or cat you envisioned, or even the species you thought you wanted, but the animal will be perfect nonetheless.

See photos from the Best Friends kitten nursery in Los Angeles, where 3,000 kittens will receive around-the-clock care this year.

Cat caught in a trap was hurt badly. Her front feet were becoming infected, so they and part of her right front leg had to be amputated.

Watch a video of kittens that will surely spark a feeling of joy for you. Adoptable kittens have a new room at Best Friends in Atlanta.

Best Friends community cat (TNR) program at Coachella Valley Animal Campus has reduced the Riverside County Department of Animal Services' intake.

Two shy and introverted senior cats get a reprieve from the shelter when they are fosterer, and, upon returning, are soon adopted into perfect family.

Review of beginnings and history of trap-neuter-return (TNR) in Utah, and how support was incrementally gained for strategy for community cat care.

Kitten who was born prematurely and was the only surviving kitten of his litter gets help at Best Friends in L.A. and is then fostered and adopted.

Interview with Connie Murphy who volunteers with baby kittens at Best Friends in Los Angeles. She describes what it's like to bottle-feed a newborn.

Siamese kitten, who tests positive for feline leukemia (FeLV), is severely underweight, and has infected wounds, comes to the Sanctuary for help.

Persian cat with dirty fur, runny eyes and nose, stenotic nares (closed nostril openings), and teeth problems gets help and is then adopted.

Paralyzed, incontinent kitten and another kitten who battled a parasitic infection and lost muscle mass in his legs receive physical therapy.