Atlanta Stories

Cats and dogs are adopted for the holidays during the Best Friends Black Friday pet adoption promotion events around the country.

Check out nine "aww"-worthy moments with kittens, puppies, a photo-bombing horse and other animals.

Two-day-old tiny Chihuahua born with only two feet gets help in a foster home and is then adopted by a family who can care for her special needs.

Dog with severe heartworm disease that left him emaciated and in respiratory distress receives treatment and a loving foster home.

Shelter dog with a serious case of demodectic manage receives treatment -- Bravecto, medicated baths, antibiotics and Benadryl -- and is then adopted.

Saved from an animal cruelty case, two dogs had been tethered in a backyard without enough food and water. They are now learning to trust people.

Swarnima Singh, a superhero for animals, volunteers at Best Friends in Atlanta. Her nickname is ‘Doga,' a character in an Indian comic book.

Dog adopted from Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in Atlanta helps students in a taekwondo (Korean martial arts) studio overcome challenges.

Former contractor volunteers to help renovate the area for the new animal transport program at the Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in Atlanta.

A mother dog and her eight puppies come to Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in Atlanta. The pups are adopted quickly and soon the mom dog, too.

Atlanta rescue dog and cat transport program moves pets out of area shelters to shelters in other states where they will be adopted faster.

Rapper Sterling Davis (the 'Trap King') is a TNR advocate and trapper in Atlanta, founding Trap King Humane Solutions to help the city's cats.

Hurricane Harvey dog comes to Best Friends' emergency shelter in Houston with a dislocated hip and heartworm, but he's got a bright future now.

Heartworm positive dogs at Best Friends in Atlanta receive treatment (antibiotic doxycycline and injections) and then are adopted into homes.

Stray, malnourished dog was very weak and thin, but after time with a loving foster family, he is stronger and healthier, and ready to be adopted.