Emergency Response Stories

Person working in the back of a transport van with crates containing cats following Hurricane Ian

Helping pets impacted by Hurricane Ian

Teams work nonstop to assist dogs and cats in Florida shelters
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How a dog and cat rescued after Hurricane Katrina changed their families’ lives

Baxter the cat and Larry, a big black dog, recently passed away, but not before fi...
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Best Friends responds to Hurricane Ida

Hundreds of pets find safety after the storm, and more help is on the way
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How shelter embed programs are saving pets’ lives

Saving the lives of pets means working together to share knowledge and solutions, ...
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Insight on pets of the Navajo Nation

Q and A with Keith Slim-Tolagai, Best Friends Navajo Nation program specialist
Meet Keith Slim-Tolagai
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Best Friends reaches out to every shelter in Texas to help homeless pets

Best Friends and partners help both people and their pets during unprecedented fri...
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Senior Hurricane Katrina survivor cat goes home

Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina, one of the last surviving cats at the Sanct...
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Quick action saved hundreds of dogs and cats in Hurricane Dorian's path

Best Friends Animal Society and other shelters and rescues work together to help a...
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Massive donation of pet supplies helps families recover from epic flood in Arkansas

To help dogs and cats affected by the Arkansas flooding, Gleaning for the World, a...
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Heartbroken shelter puppy finds love

Heartbroken shelter puppy at the Palm Valley Animal Center in Edinburg, Texas, is ...
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Saving puppies in Texas

Best Friends is saving 800 puppies in partnership with Palm Valley Animal Center i...
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Senior dog and storm survivor goes home

Rescued after Hurricane Irma, senior dog with laryngeal paralysis, which makes her...
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Dog rescue transport is trip of a lifetime for 60 Texas pups

Dog rescue transport moves 61 dogs from the Palm Valley Animal Center in Edinburg,...
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Saving more than 100 Chihuahuas from wildfire

Utah rescue groups come together to save over 100 dogs from a hoarding situation w...
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Hurricane Harvey animal rescue — one year later

Nearly 3,000 Hurricane Harvey pets were rescued by Best Friends and our partners w...
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