The Best Friends Lifesaving Center in Salt Lake City is open for adoptions 12-6pm seven days a week and by appointment. If you are interested in adopting a specific pet, please complete our dog adoption survey or cat adoption survey to provide us with information about your lifestyle and what you are looking for in a dog or cat. An adoption specialist will be in touch with you within 48 hours via phone or email to advise next steps. Thank you for your continued support of the animals in Utah.
Celebrate Adopt a Shelter Cat Month!
Celebrate Adopt a Shelter Cat Month by taking home a feline friend! June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month, and we're celebrating by offering fee waived cat adoptions all month long!
By adopting a cat, you're not only saving that particular cat, but you also make space for the next cat coming into a shelter. All adoptable cats are spayed/neutered, up to date on vaccinations and microchipped, making adoption easy and affordable.
June 1-11: Fee waived adult cats and kittens
June 12-18: Fee waived adult cats (including long term residents)
June 19-25: Fee waived working cats
June 26-30: Fee waived senior and special needs cats
Adopt Your Next Best Friend
By choosing to adopt a pet from a shelter, you are saving a life. Plus, no matter what type of dog or cat you're looking for, you're sure to find your new best friend at a shelter, where there are wonderful pets of every breed, size and age. You can also adopt from the Best Friends Lifesaving Center in Salt Lake City. Each pet at the center comes from a Utah shelter and is vaccinated, spayed or neutered and microchipped before going into a new home.
Find a Pet
For more information about adoption or a particular pet, please contact us at utahadoptions@bestfriends.org. Adopt one to help Save Them All!
Fill out an adoption survey
Not sure where to start? Let us help you find your perfect match! Fill out the appropriate adoption survey and we'll try to find just the right pet(s) for your home.
Adoption Specials
2-for-1 Adoptions Adopt any cat or kitten for the regular adoption fee (see below) and your fees will be waived on a second pet! All pets come spayed/neutered, vaccinated and microchipped.
Seniors for Seniors If you're 55 or older and adopt an animal 5 years or older, your adoption fee is waived! If you have any questions, please email utahadoptions@bestfriends.org
Our regular adoption fees are $75 for dogs, $200 for puppies (younger than six months), $25 for cats and $90 for kittens (younger than six months).
Adopt a business cat for your office, store or other location
Imagine these cats in stylish pant suits or crisp polo shirts and khakis. Business cats are friendly felines who would be a great addition to a retail shop, hair salon, distillery or any indoor place of business. These professional cats have personality to spare, and along with making friends with your customers, they're incredibly adept at supervising.
Friendly, professional felines for your place of business
Business cats are not outdoor, feral, stray or community cats, so they need somewhere warm indoors to live. They are also very social so it's important that they have people around to interact with. Fill out our cat adoption survey to adopt one of these professionals!
Working Cats
We have outdoor working cats available! Since these cats are not your typical tame house cats, they aren’t eligible for indoor placement. These working cats are ideal residents for stables, barns, backyards and warehouses. These cats, available in groups of three or more, are FREE to those who have a safe, suitable place for these community cats to reside. Don’t worry – they don’t bite or scratch unless they feel cornered or provoked. Just give them their space and they will be great community members for you. They often run from humans and keep to themselves, although they may warm up to their caregivers once they are comfortable. All cats are healthy, vaccinated and sterilized. Caretaker responsibilities include providing daily food and water, shelter and veterinary care. If you are interested in having community cats placed on your property, or if you or someone you know would like to help a group of cats, please contact us at utahtnr@bestfriends.org, call 801-574-2413 or complete the online application below.