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Two kittens sitting side-by-side on a pink blanket

Double your lifesaving impact for all of 2026

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Make twice the impact all year long

Help the animals feel the love as a monthly supporter!
Your reliable contribution each month not only provides warm beds and nutritious meals to homeless pets around the country, but it also supports efforts at every level of the lifesaving process — from preventing animals from entering shelters in the first place to responding quickly to emergency situations to ensuring that resources reach communities in need.
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Your generosity saves lives all year long

Give today and your kindness will go twice the lifesaving distance for pets.

Become a monthly donor and ensure that homeless pets get the care and support they need. When you sign up by March 1, your monthly gift will be matched every month in 2026.* 

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$15 / month = $30 / month

Prevent unwanted litters by covering the cost to neuter a cat
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$25 / month = $50 / month

Help foster kittens and puppies get essential care from foster volunteers
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$50 / month = $100 / month

Provide six weeks of formula for an orphaned newborn puppy
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*All new monthly gifts made through 11:59 p.m. PST on March 1, 2026, will be matched through December 31, 2026, up to $500,000. 

SAVING OUR BEST FRIENDS
Steady support from people like you make this work possible throughout the year. Here are your stories.
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Make a monthly donation in memory Tell us about your best friend Sign up to receive inspiring animal rescue stories
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One dog shows how patience, trust, and a growing blanket collection can change everything. Read More
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 A cat named Whisper finds her voice

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Faces of No-Kill: Dog rolls into her golden years

With her golden wheelchair, sweet Bea’s mobility issues are no match for her adven...
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The incredible journey of Eddie the cat

When Eddie disappeared during a move, his person thought all hope was lost. But a ...
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Faces of No-Kill: Treats help cat unwrap her sweet side

Salt Water Taffy was painfully shy, but her caregivers had a secret weapon to help...
Yummy incentive
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Love leads the way for 2 shy cats

A big-hearted cat shares his bravery with a shy friend, one baby food jar at a tim...
A love story, Sanctuary style
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Here’s what other monthly supporters are saying

Loyalty. Kindness. Unconditional love and support — these are the very foundations of our unbreakable bonds with our pets. 

And the same could describe Best Friends’ devoted community of monthly donors — a group we call Guardian Angels — who ensure homeless pets get the steady care and support they need.

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“I have supported Best Friends from the day I first found out about you ... very long ago! You never disappoint me, and I shout your kudos to all. I send what I can, and you are always in my heart, all year.”
Carolyn A. Smith
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“I've been supporting Best Friends since the days of the photocopied newsletter when I used to send in my allowance to them. Supporting your work has been one of the greatest honors of my life.”
Michaelann Nelson
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“I’m also so grateful that you guys exist, to save them all! I’m so proud of what you do that I tell anyone who doesn’t know about you to go to your website and see all the wonderful things you do, and to put their money into an organization that is so worth supporting!”
Peggy Hall
MORE WAYS YOU CAN HELP
We're working to save the lives of dogs and cats around the country. We can’t save our best friends without your steady support.
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Help besties-to-be with a monthly gift Get involved to save pets in your community Create a fundraiser to honor your best friend
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Adopt

When you adopt a pet from a rescue group or animal shelter instead of buying from a breeder or puppy mill, you’re providing a lifesaving second chance.
Adopt a Pet
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Donate

When you sign up to become a monthly donor by March 1, your monthly gift will be matched throughout 2026, making your generosity go twice as far!
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Join

We believe every pet deserves a home, whether it’s a house with a fenced yard, a cozy apartment, or a safe outdoor space for community cats. Do you agree?
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Don’t miss this year-long matching opportunity

When you make your monthly gift by March 1, your monthly gift will be matched every month through December 2026. Your impact will go double the distance.
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Make a monthly donation in memory of a pet or pet lover

Your monthly gift in memory of an animal or pet lover will go straight to work helping homeless pets across the country through Best Friends programs.
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WHO WE ARE
Together, we’re moving animal sheltering closer to the day when no pet is killed simply for not having a safe place to call home. We hope you’ll join us in making an enormous impact for homeless pets with your monthly gift.
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Our work around the U.S. Our mission: No-kill The Best Friends story
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About Best Friends

Best Friends Animal Society is working to save the lives of cats and dogs all across the country, giving pets second chances and happy homes.
Best Friends is committed to working with passionate people like you to save homeless pets through adoption, volunteering, fostering, and advocacy. In addition to our pet adoption centers around the U.S, we also founded and run the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals.
Who we are

 

Best Friends’ lifesaving work around the country 

Our southern Utah animal sanctuary and pet adoption centers around the country are the heart and soul of Best Friends. 

Visit bestfriends.org