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Best Friends event volunteer Deyra Galvan helps with dog and cat adoption events in Houston, Texas. Read her interview.

Two shy and introverted senior cats get a reprieve from the shelter when they are fosterer, and, upon returning, are soon adopted into perfect family.

Heartwarming story of a shelter dog named Parker who won the hearts of his foster family who decided to adopt him into their family

Rescued Hurricane Harvey dog has had big health challenges (bloat, a stomach mass, and advanced bladder cancer), but he's loving life to the fullest.

Interview with Levi Myers, full-time cat caregiver at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, who describes what his day-to-day work is like.

Interview with Connie Murphy who volunteers with baby kittens at Best Friends in Los Angeles. She describes what it's like to bottle-feed a newborn.

Shelter cats participate in Cat Pawsitive clicker-training, learning to come when called, sit, give head bumps and high fives, and more.

Volunteer Denny Erardi finds her niche volunteering at Dogtown, helping homeless dogs make progress, at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Southern Utah.

Kitten who was born prematurely and was the only surviving kitten of his litter gets help at Best Friends in L.A. and is then fostered and adopted.

Siamese kitten, who tests positive for feline leukemia (FeLV), is severely underweight, and has infected wounds, comes to the Sanctuary for help.

Texas & California make up about 25 percent of the shelter animal killing happening in the US. Best Friends helps implement strategies to change this.

Rescued from an abandoned shed when she was a puppy, rescued dog, who is blind, becomes a therapy dog. Read how she comforts children.

Persian cat with dirty fur, runny eyes and nose, stenotic nares (closed nostril openings), and teeth problems gets help and is then adopted.

Deaf senior dog, with a benign mass on her ear and skin allergies, receives medical help and is then fostered and adopted. Read the sweet story.

Best Friends animal adoption specialist Lauren Kehoe explains why dog adoption is so rewarding by sharing two of her favorite adoption stories.