Stories

A $340,000 check from Best Friends to First Coast No More Homeless Pets aims at reducing shelter deaths in Jacksonville by half.

Davis County Animal Services is making progress towards becoming no-kill, including participating in adoption events and working with rescue groups.

There are two bills currently in the New York State Assembly that call themselves progressive shelter reform bills. One is, but the other, no so much.

The Humane Society of Somerset County is providing trap neuter return (TNR) for local community cats (ferals and strays).

Akila, a mature and timid female dog, finds a family willing to love her on her own terms.

Sadly, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show does not support shelter dogs.

Read about opening day at the Best Friends Pet Adoption and Spay/Neuter Center in Los Angeles and the special pet adoptions that took place.

Vicktory dog Georgia, rescued from NFL player Michael Vick's dogfighting ring, is adopted into a home.

A no-kill San Antonio became an official strategic goal of that city in 2006. Read about the city's progress.

Proposed repeal of Hayden Law provisions would be detrimental for dogs and cats in California animal shelters.

How the animals at Best Friends stay warm and snug during the winter.

Caregivers look for a friend for a lonely guinea pig named Rufus. After trial and error, they find the perfect BFF for him, another pig named Scout!

Black Labrador retriever mix receives clicker training to help him learn to trade something of high value for something else good.

Best Friends has introduced Ohio House Bill 14 that would put an end to the state's breed-discriminatory pit bull legislation.

Pup My Ride L.A. transports Los Angeles at-risk shelter dogs by airplane to New York, where they will have a better chance of being adopted.