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Kitten tests positive for panleukopenia (feline distemper), but survives. He now has cerebellar hypoplasia (CH) as a result but is living happily.

Anxious, frightened dog exhibiting reactive behavior (e.g., barrier and leash reactivity and lunging at strangers and cars) finds a loving home.

Two friends who volunteer at the Cat Adoption Team in Sherwood, Oregon, take volunteer vacations to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Read their story.

See photos of 11 animals - a puppy and kitten, dogs and cats, birds, a lamb and a horse - that will make you happy.

Dogtown team leader at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary Tierney Sain shares what her dream job with dogs is all about and some of her favorite stories.

Angry senior cat, who would spit, hiss and growl at people, is helped with reward-based clicker training and then goes on to be adopted.

Happy ending for a microchipped cat who was lost in Zion National Park. Read her story.

Read heartwarming stories from volunteers at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary who took an adoptable dog or cat on a sleepover.

Woman meets her soulmate dog at the Best Friends Lifesaving Center in Atlanta. Read about how life is looking up for these two kindred spirits.

An independent cat named Fiona has an autonomous nature and is self-sufficient and would be perfectly happy being adopted into a home as an only cat. 

Leila Botsford of Sandwich, Massachusetts, shares her calming experience of volunteering at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

Volunteer starts a running club for shelter dogs at Best Friends in Atlanta. The dogs wear ‘adopt me' vests on runs and release their pent-up energy.

Cat with a urinary blockage due to large crystals has emergency surgery to prevent his bladder from rupturing. He is now living the good life.

Shy cat used to hide all the time, but then she realized she loved riding on people's shoulders. This shoulder cat's whole life has changed.

Fearless volunteer transports a rescued young bobcat from Second Chance Wildlife to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.