🐾Best Friend

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The Transport Network

Help with the journey home.

Volunteer drivers can help shelters and rescues move animals to foster homes and adopters. Find organizations near you and contact them about their current needs.

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Find organizations

Start with a rescue near you.

Enter your ZIP or city to search external directories. Organizations confirm their own transport opportunities; a directory listing does not mean a drive is available.

Search for rescues in your area and ask about their volunteer transport needs. Best Friend does not currently offer live route planning or drive reservations.

How the network moves

One animal, a chain of small kindnesses.

01

Find a local rescue

Search organizations in your area and ask whether they need volunteer drivers.

02

Check their requirements

The organization confirms driver screening, insurance, animal handling and vehicle requirements.

03

Agree on a drive

Confirm the animal, pickup, destination, timing and emergency contact directly with the coordinator.

04

Complete the handoff

Follow the organization's instructions and confirm safe arrival with its coordinator.

Trust Events

Meet people in your city.

Find local events, invite a friend, and meet the people behind the businesses in your community.

Find local events →

Best Friend is powered and funded by Trust Events, the network behind trusted local introductions.

For pet parents

Keep your best friend close.

Find food assistance, care resources, and practical support for keeping your animal at home.

Explore pet parent resources →

Free resources and paid partner offers are clearly separated in the guide.