A happy resident of the Best Friends sanctuary in Kanab, Utah After 15 weeks and more than 4 million votes cast, our friends at The Animal Rescue Site have wrapped up their second $100,000 Shelter+ Challenge. The grand prize of $20,000 went to Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, UT. …

Ben, adoptable from Waggin’ Train Rescue in NYC, is both a senior (he’s 10) and a “big, black dog” Big black dogs. FIV+ cats. Senior pets. Special needs pets. To help these and other often-overlooked pets find homes, Petfinder has named August 12 Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable-Pet Day. Visit our special section to …

Back in April, we surveyed Petfinder visitors about their experiences adopting, or trying to adopt, from shelters and rescue groups. A whopping 2,667 people responded — and boy, did you have a lot to say (read more about the survey here). Although 86% of respondents were “very” committed to adopting …

CMACC’s cat room will get a new look courtesy of Refined Feline. Just wanted to share the good news: The winner of our Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month cat room makeover contest is Central Minnesota Animal Care & Control! The shelter will receive $1,300 worth of gorgeous cat furniture from The Refined Feline …

For four days, Samantha the cat sat by the door through which her friend, Roosevelt, had departed with his new pet parent, and she cried. The two domestic shorthairs had been nursed through an upper respiratory illness in the arms of their foster mom and had thoroughly bonded as they …

Isaiah is a Golden Retriever puppy at Fayette County Animal Control Center in Fayetteville, WV Jill Abramson is writing a column in the New York Times called “The Puppy Diaries” about her new pet, which she bought from a reputable breeder. Prior to her decision to buy, the column says, …

It’s Me or the Dog star Victoria Stilwell meets pit bull Liza Bean. A few months ago we posted several updates from Elizabeth Lujambio, founder of Marley’s Pit Stop in Los Angeles, on Liza Bean, the shy pit bull she’s fostering whose debilitating fearfulness was the subject of a phone …

Okay, so President Obama didn’t adopt a dog from a shelter — but that doesn’t mean we don’t think Bo the Portuguese water dog isn’t a cutie! Check out Bo Obama: The First 100 Days on our sister site, AnimalPlanet.com, where you can read Bo’s daily address, take a quiz …

Shortly after Colleen Vetter of Mahwah, N.J., adopted Abby Rose from Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge in New Jersey, Colleen’s mother became terminally ill. It hardly seemed an auspicious time to have a new member of the family. Life was hectic. Decisions had to be made by Colleen and her siblings, who …

The Wonder Team and a happy adoptive family from season one Are you thinking about adopting a dog from a shelter or rescue group? Animal Planet’s Underdog to Wonderdog is now casting adopters for its second season! Here’s the announcement we’ve been asked to share by the show’s production company, …