Find out more about pet adoption through Best Friends in Salt Lake City.
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Saving lives in Salt Lake City
Last year, hundreds of thousands of loving dogs and cats were killed in shelters like the ones here in Utah just because they didn’t have a safe place to call home.
But you can change that. Best Friends Animal Society in Salt Lake City, is working collaboratively with animal rescue groups, city shelters and passionate individuals dedicated to making Utah a no-kill state.
With that goal in mind, we run a lifesaving center in Salt Lake City, and lead NKUT (No-Kill Utah). Our lifesaving center is foster-based and takes in over 2,500 animals each year, including neonatal kittens, dogs and cats, and provides resources to the community.
Working together, we'll make Utah — and the entire country — no-kill in 2025.
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Adopt a Pet Today
When you give a dog or cat a home, you’re saving a life.
Adopt a Pet Today
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Foster a Pet Today
You can help save lives by fostering a pet today.
Foster a Pet Today
Adopt to help save lives
When you adopt a dog or cat who’s been patiently waiting for a place to call home, you’re not only saving a life.
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Volunteer to help save lives
Passionate, caring people like you who volunteer to help the animals are the heartbeat of our organization here in Salt Lake City.
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Looking for help?
Events: make a difference for pets
Have fun and connect with fellow animal lovers through a variety of local and national events, big and small.
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Kitten Foster Recruitment Event
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To get ready for kitten season, we are offering a bottle-feeding class and demonstrations to help recruit new fosters caregivers for our most in need population: Neonatal kittens. Learn about kitten fostering and bring donations to help prepare for kitten season.
Give to save lives
Your contribution supports our lifesaving work and helps shelters nationwide achieve no-kill.
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Recent tales from Salt Lake City
Looking for a little inspiration? Check out these pets and their stories of hope, love and resilience.
Contact us
2005 South 1100 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
801-574-2454
utahadoptions@bestfriends.org
11 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week