Network Partners Stories

A small, scrappy shelter in the Midwest is setting the bar for no-kill mentorship.

The Best Friends Super Adoption in Northwest Arkansas brought together more than 30 animal organizations to save lives.

Best Friends is working with shelters on new ways to monitor the animals in their care and get pets out of shelters and into homes faster.

After being found as a pregnant stray in Texas, Kookie’s story comes full circle.

When volunteers discovered Bongo had a dangerous eye condition, they went above and beyond to help this community cat.

When the word went out that Koda needed a foster home following surgery, Kylie volunteered and, as it turns out, brought the boy home for good.

Best Friends and Nebraska Humane Society are working together on programs and strategies at the shelter that have had a profound impact on lifesaving.

Through her shelter marketing internship with Best Friends, Jazmin is helping homeless pets, raising awareness, and setting herself up for future success.

Rhea County Animal Shelter’s save rate hit the no-kill threshold four months in a row, enabling a Best Friends embed assignment to end three months early.

A Lab mix named Cheesecake had a disease that threatened her eyesight, but a Rachael Ray Save Them All Grant helped her to see again.

29 dogs put cruelty in the past and begin new lives after being saved in South Carolina.

With support from Best Friends, the city of Roswell, New Mexico, is reviewing how it manages animal services by making changes to send more animals home.

Shelby Jackman made it her mission to bring her rural county shelter in Utah to no-kill when she became manager.

When a New York veterinarian reached out for help during an infectious disease outbreak, Best Friends’ national shelter medicine team was ready to assist.

How South Suburban Humane Society used information from Best Friends’ Shelter Pet Data Alliance platform and a $100,000 grant to help more pets get adopted