COVID-19 Stories

After five years of strutting with Best Friends to save lives, actor Lauren Ash is the 2020 Strut Your Mutt spokesperson.

Community-supported animal sheltering in action at Best Friends in Northwest Arkansas.

Kitten drive-through adoption event in Los Angeles was a smashing success.

These six heroes are helping their communities - human and animal alike - through these random acts of kindness.

Shelters all over the country are beginning to embrace the power of community-supported lifesaving.

From its beginnings in a garage, this rescue organization grew to save thousands of pets and became one of the largest foster-based groups in the state.

Kimberly Lawson her daughter, Julia, a teen with autism, have logged more than 275 hours of volunteer time at Best Friends.

Rambo may be shy, but that doesn't stop the tabby cat from living an Insta-worthy life with his new brothers.

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of dogs and cats from Texas shelters find homes in new states including Minnesota, Colorado and Illinois.

Sweet cat has been the best cure for her new person's loneliness during a time of isolation.

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Best Friends has kicked into high gear to support our 3,000 Network Partners.

How a partnership between Best Friends in New York and Animal Care Centers of NYC helps pets find homes again after their people became ill or died from COVID-19

Gateway Pet Guardian's new pet resource center will offer East St. Louis residents everything needed to care for their pets.

The Friends For Life wellness clinic and food bank helping pets during the COVID-19 pandemic has been so successful that the shelter plans to keep it going.

Kyoko Bruguera uses patience and an understanding of cat behavior to help even the most challenging cats feel better and find homes.