Data and Statistics Stories

Reporting from animal shelters across the country shows thousands more dogs and cats are being saved, but unfinished business remains on the way to no-kill.

Data reveals gains in adoption and fewer shelter animals killed, yet shelters are still facing challenges—especially for big dogs.

Monthly data from nearly 800 animal shelters from across the U.S. shows the first lifesaving progress for dogs and cats since 2020.

Best Friends’ latest data shows a turning point for shelters across the country.

Let’s talk data from 2023.

The Best Friends Network equips organizations with the tools to save lives.

Best Friends’ shelter collaborative program leverages one shelter’s no-kill status to save pets’ lives at another.

Let’s make every shelter and every community no-kill by 2025

The number of cats and dogs killed in U.S. shelters increased in 2021.