Houston Stories

The shelter save rate for cats in Harris County, Texas, climbs dramatically with implementation of community cat, kitten foster and other strategies.

See photos and videos of animals - pigs, parrots, puppies and a pony - enjoying some holiday joy this season.

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

Best Friends Animal Society gets closer to opening a much-needed, and strategically important, animal lifesaving center in Houston, Texas.

Review of Best Friends Animal Society's involvement in rescue efforts after Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and plans to create a Houston regional center.

Dog with heartworm surrendered to a Houston animal shelter is transported to Best Friends in Utah, where she receives treatment and an adoptive home.

Displaced by Hurricane Harvey, blind, deaf cat, with a neurological condition (cerebellar hypoplasia) finds a forever home in Denver, Colorado.

Nearly 3,000 Hurricane Harvey pets were rescued by Best Friends and our partners with the help of 120+ animal welfare groups and 2,800+ volunteers.

A mama dog and her puppies are saved from the rising Hurricane Harvey floodwaters. Now all have been adopted into forever homes in Los Angeles.

Dog who survived Hurricane Harvey now living high life with his adoptive family at the James NoMad, a pet-friendly boutique hotel, in New York City.

Hurricane Harvey rescue story about a dog saved after the storm and adopted by a patient couple who understands the trauma he has been through.

Hurricane Harvey dogs rescued in the aftermath of the natural disaster come to Best Friends in New York City where they are adopted.

Hurricane Harvey survivor cat recovers from a terrible head wound and badly infected sinus and is now looking forward to being adopted.

Holiday photos of Hurricane Harvey animals from Texas who have been adopted into loving forever homes, the best Christmas gift for these survivors.

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, pregnant dog is rescued from a flooded area. She and her 11 puppies are doing well now. Read their story.