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Two memoirs by a veterinarian and an activist explore the deep bonds between people experiencing homelessness and their pets who love them.

Betty Grieb offers the puppies at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary lots of TLC to help prepare them for new homes.

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.

Best Friends’ new Faces of No-Kill series highlights pets who ended up in shelters and are alive and thriving today thanks to shelters embracing no-kill.

Life seemed overwhelming for Taz when he arrived at Best Friends, but now he’s learning how to confidently navigate the world with his new family.

Two souls in search of a better life reach new heights together.

Sara had only had dogs, but an orange cat named Louis is showing her how much fun it can be to share a home with a cat.

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.

Caring for her kitten during the pandemic leads an uncertain writer to choose motherhood.

After a zoo in Puerto Rico closed, hundreds of animals needed new places to live — and help getting there.

Cats and kittens get veterinary care and visits from Best Friends staff and volunteers to help them into the next phase of their lives.

Faces of no-kill: Sweet Baby James could hardly even crawl when he first came to the Sanctuary, but today he’s stronger and in a home of his own.

Ash, Basil, Cedar, and Denali are in good company in their new home: a bustling family farm where they’re never lonely.

To this trio of animal lovers, raising funds for Best Friends by running the Grand to Grand Ultra will be just as important as finishing the race.