Cat Stories

Orange and white tabby cat in the foreground with person to the side looking at him

All About Cats: Behavior and Training Tips and Resource Videos

Cats rule! Watch Samantha Bell, cat expert for Best Friends Animal Society, share ...
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Bubba the cat sniffing Jesse the caregiver's face

Faces of No-Kill: Cat goes from swats to purrs

At Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Bubba learned that humans can be friends — a les...
Learning love, then finding it
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Mike picking Buster up after FIP treatment

Hope for a cat with a once-fatal prognosis

Feline infectious peritonitis was once 100% fatal in cats, but a groundbreaking ne...
PACC offers a cozy road to recovery
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Mike Butchello playing with a wand toy with Buddy the cat

Faces of No-Kill: Buddy the cat

Buddy the cat’s foster family understood his feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), ...
Now life is one big adventure
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Cat sleeping in a rectangular cat cubby

Saving cats one cup of coffee at a time

More than 200 cats have been placed in homes thanks to a new partnership between B...
Introducing cats to a whole new community of people
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Gray cat in front of a blue and gray heart background

Families find furry feline love

Best Friends teamed up with Fresh Step to send more cats and kittens home by ditch...
Matches made to last
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Jim Hess beside some carriers in the back of a pickup truck

New approach to saving cats at a tiny animal shelter

With support from neighboring animal shelters, a rural animal control department i...
Purr-fect partnerships
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Lutron the tiny kitten on an aqua blanket

Faces of No-Kill: A tiny kitten’s big comeback

Lutron the kitten could barely stand when he arrived at Best Friends Animal Sanctu...
Kitten finds his feet
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Sipho the cat lying on a cat bed

Faces of No-Kill: Cat heals with hide-and-seek

As he recovered from feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), Sipho discovered that se...
He continues to win hearts
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Spalding the orange tabby cat

Small rescue group, big impact for Wyoming's cats

Second Chance Sheridan Cat Rescue is changing the odds for Wyoming’s most vulnerab...
Grant offers a furry safety net
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Whisper the cat soliciting attention

 A cat named Whisper finds her voice

Whisper wanted to hide from the world when she came to Best Friends, but an unexpe...
Cat is a singer at heart
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Erick Allen holding his cat Eddie

The incredible journey of Eddie the cat

When Eddie disappeared during a move, his person thought all hope was lost. But a ...
Power of pet microchips and community
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Salt Water Taffy the cat licking a treat from a lickable cat treat

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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Vesuvius and Max the cats

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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Truvy the kitten lying with another kitten

2 cats, 1 epic road trip, and a family full of love

Thanks to a girl’s dream for a feline family member, two cats from Best Friends An...
Both step into family life with ease
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