Salt Lake City Stories

Enjoy photos of Captain Cowpants, a rescued pit bull therapy dog, who helped change discriminatory laws that were unfair to dogs of certain breeds.

Cat declawing can cause problems for cats, such as joint stiffness, behavioral challenges, loss of ability to climb and balance. It is cruel.

Pit bull from Edinburg, Texas, shelter gets second chance after outdated shelter policy is changed and he's transported to Utah, where he's adopted.

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

Read the best (and more popular) pet stories of 2018 about dogs and a cat who overcame odds to find love and a forever home.

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

Pet fostering for your local rescue or shelter makes a huge difference in the life of a homeless dog or cat, and it helps open more space for another pet in need.

Around 500 shelter dogs and cats are adopted at the fall 2018 NKUT Super Adoption event in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dog rescue transport moves 61 dogs from the Palm Valley Animal Center in Edinburg, Texas, to Salt Lake City, Utah, where they will be adopted.

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

Senior cat in the early stages of kidney disease ends up at the shelter, but is then adopted. Her renal disease is being successfully managed.

Two senior special-needs cats (one extremely shy and toothless, the other with kidney disease, a heart murmur and pancreatitis) are adopted.