Animal rescue or pet rescue may refer to: *

Animal rescue group An animal rescue group or animal rescue organization is a group dedicated to pet adoption. These groups take unwanted, abandoned, abused, or stray pets and attempt to find suitable homes for them. Many rescue groups are created by and run by ...

, organizations dedicated to the rescue of animals, including pets, from shelters, to homes *

Animal Rescue Foundation Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) is a nonprofit organization founded by Elaine and Tony La Russa, based in Walnut Creek, California. ARF rescues dogs and cats from public shelters where they would otherwise be euthanized and adopts ...

, San Francisco Bay Area based charity dedicated to pet adoption and other animal welfare works *

Animal sanctuary An animal sanctuary is a facility where animals are brought to live and to be protected for the rest of their lives. Pattrice Jones, co-founder of VINE Sanctuary defines an animal sanctuary as "a safe-enough place or relationship within the cont ...

, sites dedicated to caring permanently for rescued wild or domestic animals *

Animal welfare Animal welfare is the well-being of non-human animals. Formal standards of animal welfare vary between contexts, but are debated mostly by animal welfare groups, legislators, and academics. Animal welfare science uses measures such as longevit ...

, a general term for the well-being of animals, more specifically the idea of activism towards increasing the well-being of animals *

International Animal Rescue International Animal Rescue (IAR) is an Animal protectionism, animal protection and conservation non-profit organisation that comes to the aid of suffering animals with hands-on rescue and Wildlife rehabilitation, rehabilitation and the protecti ...

, international organization dedicated to animal welfare *

Pet adoption Pet adoption is the process of transferring responsibility for a pet that was previously owned by another party such as a person, shelter, or rescue organization. Common sources for adoptable pets are animal shelters and rescue groups. Some or ...

, adoption of pets that have been abandoned by previous owners * Rescue dog, dogs placed in homes, from shelters *

Wildlife rehabilitation Wildlife rehabilitation is the treatment and care of injured, orphaned, or sick wild animals so that they can be released back to the wild. Process Rehabilitation begins when an animal is found and reported to a wildlife rehabilitator, or seize ...

, the process of caring for wild animals, with the intent of returning them to their natural environment

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* '' RSPCA Animal Rescue'', Australian reality TV series * '' Pet Rescue'', British reality TV series * '' Animal Rescue'', U.S. reality TV series * ''The Drop'', previously titled ''Animal Rescue'', 2014 film * ''

Pet Rescue Saga King.com Limited, trading as King and also known as King Digital Entertainment, is a video game developer and publisher based in St. Julian's, Malta that specialises in social games. King gained fame after releasing the cross-platform title ...

'', a mobile game

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