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Puppies with distemper, a serious, contagious viral disease, are saved with intensive care and treatment at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

Pay it forward for pets by paying the adoption fee of a dog or cat and helping that animal get one step closer to finding a forever home and family.

High school student completes service project volunteering with horses, pigs, goats and dogs at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

Palm Valley Animal Center's new Tails Around Town program allows people to take adoptable shelter dogs on field trips. Read about this ingenious idea.

Cat with pica disorder, which causes him to eat non-food items like trash bags, twine, cords and more, goes into a quiet foster home for help.

The benefits of being an office dog at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary are numerous. Read about all the perks for shelter dogs.

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

Jean Schifferns and Steve Nussbaum volunteer at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah. Read about their dog walking, hiking and other experiences.

Here are the facts you need to know about heartworm in dogs, including it's preventable and treatable, testing is easy, and people can't get it.

Read story of tiny Chihuahua who is transported from Palm Valley Animal Center in Texas to Wright-Way Rescue in Illinois, where she is adopted.

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.

Animal-loving celebrities Justin Theroux, Amanda Seyfried, Emmy Rossum, Sunny Hostin and others lend voice to support pets at Best Friends event.

Dog who guards her toys gets training to help her learn to trade toys for treats and is then adopted by a couple who are continuing her training.

Best Friends Animal Society has about 18,000 volunteers who help in all aspects of our work around the United States to Save Them All.