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Warm (and tasty) fuzzy beds
Some special needs rabbits find it easy to sleep in (and eat) their new beds.
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‘Banzaaaaaaaai!!!’
Best Friends’ cats have loads of fun with their new furniture as Emmett the cat’s legacy lives on.
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"You watch my back, I’ll watch yours."
Two physically-challenged parrots use their friendship to help each other through life.
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Jersey Girls, part two
Two East coast gals will do anything to make Babe the pig comfortable.
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Seeing clearly
Best Friends’ donor’s gift makes a huge difference in extremely small surgical operations.
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The mile-high kitties
It’s time for the Best Friends’ rafter cats to come down to earth.
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"Scrabble butt!"
Keno the parrot has quite a vocabulary and is learning more each day.
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The castaways
Best Friends’ Pup My Ride team bring eight dogs to the sanctuary to show them life the way it should be.
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Wanna’ race?
A heartwarming story of a horse who overcame all odds for a chance to run again.
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Feeling Groovy
Sometimes boundless enthusiasm is just what is needed to do the job.
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A friendly face
A Best Friends’ intern has the magic touch with all shy animals, especially Jezebelle the pig.
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Trail blazing
The time has come for the cats to put on their back packs and take to the trails.
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A story of luck and kindness
Three pups who almost perished in the desert find love and happiness at Best Friends.
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Complete recovery
It took a health scare and excellent vet care to turn a difficult horse around.
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Show and tell
Best Friends’ Search and Service program places second dog with a ‘real teacher.’
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Want to swap?
Four FIV kittens luck out when Best Friends makes a swap with a Texas shelter.
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School's in session
Sweetheart decides to train the trainers during her Parelli lesson.
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It must be a sign
Thanks to a generous donation, dog walks at Best Friends just got even more fun!
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Ruling with an iron paw
The bunny bully gang bonds with each other and they’re bullies no more.
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Queen for a day
A social butterfly in her element as ‘the dog’ at the Welcome Center
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You're a good cat, Charlie Brown
And you look adorable in your new socks.
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Riley’s legacy
She’ll live forever in our hearts and now there’s a building to keep reminding us.
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Hogging the spotlight
Humphrey Bogart the rabbit struts his stuff before an entire audience.
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In the nick of time
Cinnabon the Pomeranian was discovered in a scary place, but Best Friends is taking good care of her now.
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Change in plans
Not all good things come in small packages. Merlynne the macaw turns out to be just the right size!
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The magic Bullet
Faster than a speeding bullet, Ollie is the perfect search dog and, now, the perfect pet!
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Former Great Kitty Rescue cat woos the ladies
Jinx learns how to be more sociable.
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Handsome Dan goes home
Another Vicktory dog begins his six-month foster in the best possible home.
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The 'bunny express' comes to Best Friends
Michigan rabbits arrive in great shape.
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Humming a better tune
Three orphaned hummingbirds come of age at Best Friends, thanks to rehabilitation at Wild Friends.
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Unfolding the mysteries of the universe
The Best Friends pigs finally learn a special secret: where their food comes from.
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The happy ending express
Sometimes at kitten has to do what a kitten has to do.
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Burned on impact
A young barn owl falls from the nest and into Best Friends’ care.
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A cut above average
An enterprising 11-year-old raises funds for the animals at Best Friends and other shelters.
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‘Hi, Babe!’
Daisy the Moluccan cockatoo’s flair for flirting found her a forever home.
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Lucky number seven
For Purrty Dozen number seven, everything’s better the second time around.
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One day at a time
Timmy, a former Katrina dog, slowly learns that human kindness can open up a whole new world.
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Poisonous meal
Two marmot siblings arrive at Wild Friends, victims of one person’s unwise decision.
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A light in the darkness
A Best Friend staffer helps Gregory the dog find his own niche, in spite of his blindness.
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Who needs a shade cloth?
Not Clyde, Horse Haven’s coolest-horse-for-a-day.
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It’s official!
Halle, a Vicktory dog, is the first of her group to be adopted from Best Friends.
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From rags to riches
Originally found in a parking lot in need of some serious help, Gardner is now living the good life.
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Miracle bunny
Oscar overcomes severe adversity and rises above, making friends with everyone he meets.
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Digital development
New X-ray machine at the Best Friends clinic proves to be invaluable.
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Calling the bluff
Captain the parrot takes a shortcut in his training and goes to the head of the class.
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Want Snow all year round?
Adorable Snow the cat wants a home with lots of love (and no dogs!).
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Mixing it up
Ollie’s proving to be a star pupil when it comes to his search and rescue training.
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Taking time to trust
Good food and loving care can make a big difference to two new horses at Best Friends.
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A blast from the past
Saved as babies from a golf course more than a year ago, four bunnies are adopted by their rescuer.
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Big dog, little dog
Move over giants, here come ‘the littles.’
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Legacy of love
Former caregiver wills funds to build a cattery for the lobby cats at Morgaine’s. Now every cat can feel the breeze!
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‘Look Ma! No treats!’
Pepe the pig learns that love and attention can be more important than treats.
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On your mark, get set...
New dog park at Dogtown Heights brings more fun to more dogs!
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Finding her way
One Best Friends intern’s plan for focusing her studies takes her in several fun and rewarding directions.
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Birthday bash extraordinaire
Maisy shares her ninth birthday with the animals at Best Friends!
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Good to the bone
A red-tailed hawk arrives at Best Friends with an open fracture.
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Close call
Tuli the rabbit depended on the kindness of strangers and it paid off.
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Community Training Partners
Retired police officer turns his dog training efforts to Best Friends' new Community Training Partners program.
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Mr. Hard-to-get
Captain the Amazon finds there really is a good life--at Best Friends Parrot Garden.
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Search and service
Best Friends introduces a new program to train shelter canines to become search and rescue dogs—and it all starts at our own Dogtown.
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Feeling lucky?
For the kittens at Best Friends, thirteen is a very lucky number.
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Good for what ails ya'
Even expired antivenom medicine can work on animals who have been bitten by poisonous snakes.
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Camping out
Metro, the pig, adds a new dimension to the phrase 'pup tent.'
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If T-shirts could talk
California couple have been volunteering at Best Friends since 1993 and have the T-shirts to prove it!
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Munching their way to paradise
Dandelions make this rabbit pair’s new home an Eden!
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Well-meant, but bad idea
Unintentionally poisoned, a grosbeak is finally released after a year in wildlife rehab.
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Bottle baby bonanza
It's kitten season all over the place.
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Bark it up!
It was Alexandra's birthday party, but everything went to the dogs (at Best Friends)!
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Leap of faith
These three cats would like a shoulder to land on forever.
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It's that season again
The number of orphaned wildlife received by Best Friends keeps mounting.
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I spy with my little eye…
Best Friends 00Kitten campaign spotlights the newest kittens of the season.
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Sponsoring frenzy
California member takes Best Friends animal sponsorships to a whole new level.
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Splish, splash, squish
The pigs at Best Friends add a new dimension to “mud bath.”
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Climbing her way to her forever home
Keystone the dog is learning to abandon her vagabond ways.
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