New Gold Star Families Pet Adoption Program

Honoring the sacrifices of our military families by making pet adoption more accessible and affordable for those who have lost a loved one in service.

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Veterans

Adopt your new best friend

Gold Star Families

Adopt a four-legged healing companion

Animal shelters

Place dogs and cats with veterans and military families in your community

Veterinarians

Help veterans and military families near you care for their rescued pets

Adoptions and counting

Because every life matters

4,586

$0

Directed towards essential, life-saving, and palliative medical care for veterans’ pets

$1,093,049

Distributed through our adoption, hardship, and dog training programs to help veterans and their new best friends

Unleashing hope™ for people and pets since 2010

Giving renewed purpose to veterans, military families, and shelter animals nationwide

Unleashing hope™ in action

The story of Mike and Cooper

Unleashing hope™ for veterans, military families, and shelter animals

Pet adoption | Crisis support | Veterinary care | Surrender prevention