California Stories

All you need is a bathtub and an open mind: how Best Friends cat expert Samantha Bell nursed kittens with sarcoptic mange back to health.

Shelter collaboration, community support, and TLC help Turtle the kitten survive and thrive.

With time, patience, and TLC, Jax went from a fearful dog who needed a home to a happy pup who’s blossoming with his new person.

People who show kindness to cats and dogs (and geese and octopuses, too) are all around us. These stories are proof.

Need a mood boost? These cat and dog stories should do the trick.

Fun, informative and adorable, the world’s largest cat-centric event also connects cats with adopters.

When Michaela met a snuggle enthusiast named Bear, she looked beyond his size, saw his sweetness, and adopted him.

Eleanor once lived in a home with too many dogs. Now, she’s living large and making her adopters laugh in the process.

Allison Botwinick wanted to adopt the family’s foster dog Aragon, but first she’d have to get her mom on board. So she got creative.

The eligible singles at Best Friends in Los Angeles don’t care if you drive a fancy car or how snazzy your clothes are. But if you don’t love dogs, it’s a deal-breaker.

Collaboration among Best Friends, the local community, and central California animal shelters leads to happy new homes for 86 dogs and cats at summer events.

Older dogs can be overlooked in shelters, but 10-year-old Zoey was exactly what her new family had been looking for.

Brew and Julien play together, nap together, and are helping their adopters make friends in their new city.

Best Friends works with animal services officers to reduce shelter intake and reunite more pets with their families.

Best Friends’ shelter collaborative program leverages one shelter’s no-kill status to save pets’ lives at another.