Cat Stories

Kitten struggling to survive comes to the Best Friends Kitten Nursery with a serious infection and pneumonia and receives treatment.

Senior cat in the early stages of kidney disease ends up at the shelter, but is then adopted. Her renal disease is being successfully managed.

Read about four cats with urinary incontinence who require little extra care, are clean, and need to have their bladders expressed a few times daily.

Senior cat with kidney disease, in a foster hospice home, is adopted by her foster mom and moves with her to Nova Scotia.

Two senior special-needs cats (one extremely shy and toothless, the other with kidney disease, a heart murmur and pancreatitis) are adopted.

A new kitten nursery opens at the Best Friends Visitor Center in Kanab. Visitors can watch the lifesaving work happen through a viewing window.

Heather is a dedicated volunteer who really goes above and beyond to help our cats.

Stories of adopted pets - a hiking dog and cat - who love being outdoors with their people. Adopt your own adventure companion today!

Cat with a neurological condition that makes him wobbly finds the perfect home with a woman who continues his strength training and physical therapy.

Displaced by Hurricane Harvey, blind, deaf cat, with a neurological condition (cerebellar hypoplasia) finds a forever home in Denver, Colorado.

Cat with medical challenges, including slow-growing cancer and hind end paralysis, receives fostering in a home and is doing much better.

Senior cat inspires his adopters to write a book called ‘Steve, a Shelter Cat' about him and cats like him who have a difficult time finding a home.

Saving newborn kittens is a critical component of helping Los Angeles achieve no-kill, and kitten foster homes are an important part of the effort.

Geriatric, deaf cat, who has scarred ears from scratching when they were infected, thyroid disease, and needed dental work, gets help and is adopted.

After surviving a harrowing journey, a tiny kitten is safe at Best Friends and doing what kittens do best - playing her little heart out.