San Diego Pet Shelters

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When it comes to pet adoption, many people prefer private breeders because they are unable to find a reliable shelter in San Diego. You may also visit local shelters in San Diego and adopt the pet that you like. It will not only cost you less but it will also help save an innocent life.

Thousands of pets are abandoned by owners every year. These pets end up on roads where they get in accidents or catch diseases. Many of these pets die from starvation, waiting for someone to show mercy. The pets that are found on roads are rescued by animal shelters, which are then put up for adoption.

By adopting one of the pets from a shelter in San Diego, you will help make space for more abandoned pets in the shelters. You will also give a new life to a pet that could’ve been euthanized.

San Diego CA

Before looking into adoption from our organization, PLEASE be aware that we are not like most rescues. Our mission and passion is education about our beloved breed AND excellent standards of care that will enable you, the adopter, to be the best advocate for your dog(s) that you can be. We are not looking for perfection or reasons to disqualify you for adoption! We are looking for patient, open m

A New Life Charitable Foundation, Inc.

San Diego CA

A New Life Charitable Foundation, is dedicated to saving neglected and abandoned dogs - we cannot rest knowing that there are helpless dogs needing to be rescued, and our mission is three-fold: Provide comprehensive services to dogs in intolerable situations via rescue, rehabilitation, and placement in forever homes. Administer mobile healthcare and spay/neuter clinics through our team of doctors;

Amazing Strays Rescue

San Diego CA

Amazing Strays Rescue is a dog rescue that knows no geographical boundaries. We are dedicated to rescuing homeless or at-risk dogs, focusing on creating safe environments for the forgotten or neglected by finding homes for the rehabilitated and healthy, and aiding in the efforts to combat overpopulation and the spread of disease.

Animal Rescuers Without Borders, Inc.

San Diego CA 92171

Animal Rescuers Without Borders, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization which consists of a group of dedicated people who donate their time, resources, skills and energy toward the battle against the overpopulation of homeless pets and improving the lives of companion animals through rescue, fostering programs, adoption, pet care, educational programs and of course spaying and neutering.

San Diego CA 92121

Labs and More Rescue is Southern California’s fastest growing and most active dog rescue. Our volunteers work to rescue over 2000 dogs each year. We find them forever homes in and around San Diego. In just 9 short years, our volunteers have worked to give hope to over 10,000 dogs in need of a chance at life. We rescue large, mixed breed dogs often with past medical trauma from high kill shelters

Cat Adoption Service

San Diego CA

Cat AdopTion Service is a no-kill, volunteer organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and permanent placement of homeless cats and kittens. We have no "Main shelter"; instead, we have a network of foster homes throughout San Diego County where our cats reside when they are not at an adoption location.

Coastal German Shepherd Rescue San Diego

San Diego CA 92172

Coastal German Shepherd Rescue of San Diego is a 501(c)3 non-profit charity dedicated to finding loving homes for abandoned German Shepherds. Your tax deductible donations go to support these very deserving animals. Coastal is dedicated to providing new beginnings for homeless German Shepherds who have been abandoned, neglected, abused, relinquished by their owners or just left at local shelters t

Cute Odyssey Inc.

San Diego CA 92198

Cuteodyssey Rescue is primarily a Shih Tzu Rescue (although we do take other breeds and mixes), located in S Cali. We are a 501(c)(3) non profit organization, tax ID number: 27-441-9788. We love dogs and we love to see them enhance a life. Our goals are two-fold. First, we want to save shelter dogs and secondly, we want your life to be improved by matching a wonderful dog to a safe, loving and car

Dog Rescue Without Borders

San Diego CA 92131

Dog Rescue without Borders is a non-profit dog rescue that teamwork’s with other local groups in Tijuana, MX, dedicated to saving homeless & abandoned dogs from the streets or high-kill shelters in the area and to find them permanent and loving homes. We do not have a shelter. Our Pets are either currently living in a shelter or in a foster home. Shelter dogs only have a certain amount of ti

Dogs Fur Days

San Diego CA

Dogs Für Days is a Non-Profit, 501c-3, all-volunteer dog rescue organization serving the San Diego and Southern California area, dedicated to rescuing dogs in public shelters. Our mission is to provide these dogs with responsible, loving and permanent homes through a comprehensive adoption process. One of our goals is to educate prospective adopters about the responsibilities of bringing a dog in

San Diego CA 92107

We are a very small group of volunteers dedicated to reducing the number of homeless pets in our San Diego community. All animals are SPAYED/NEUTERED and vaccinated before they are made available for adoption. We are doing our small part to help pets in our local area....Won't you help by adopting one of our homeless pets?

Fuzzy Feet Dog Rescue

San Diego CA 92123

We rescue dogs of all breeds both locally and from Baja Mexico with a strong emphasis on spaying and neutering. We are a non-profit 501c3 organization dedicated to saving homeless dogs. We rescue dogs from Southern California and Baja California, Mexico. Once we receive a dog, we provide medical care, including spay and neuter, and any necessary rehabilitation. e pride ourselves on being a rescue

San Diego CA

In 2006, a fast-food worker, while handing out bags of food through the drive-up window, watched as feral cats and kittens alike gathered nearby to stare hungrily at these aromatic goodies. Soon thereafter Guardian Angels Animal Rescue was formed as a cat rescue and incorporated in the state of California. As a 501(c)3 organization, Guardian Angels Animal Rescue remains active today. Guardian Ange

San Diego CA 92172

It’s The Pits is a 501c3 canine rescue that coordinates the fostering and adoption of dogs that haven’t yet found their permanent home. We specialize in American Staffordshire Terriers (“Am Staffs”), Staffordshire Bull Terriers ("Staffy's"), and American Pit Bull Terriers, but will do our best to help all breeds, often by referral to other local rescues that specialize in th

Labrador Rescuers

San Diego CA 92192

Labrador Rescuers was established in 2004 to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home stray, abandoned and unwanted Labrador Retrievers and Lab mixes and make it possible for every dog in our care, regardless of age or health issues, to be adopted into a safe, happy and loving forever home. We proudly work to especially help labs who have come into sad circumstances, and provide those dogs with the medica

Labradors And Friends Dog Rescue Group

San Diego CA 92108

Labradors and Friends Dog Rescue Group is a 501(c)3 volunteer animal rescue group whose mission is to help save the lives of homeless Labradors, Labrador-mixes, and Labrador “friends” from kill-shelters in California and across the southwest.

Lucky Pup Dog Rescue

San Diego CA 92163

Since 2010, Lucky Pup has rescued medium and small breed dogs (along with a few BIG mutts too!) from Southern California's highest kill shelters in the counties north of San Diego. Dogs have been transported into our rescue. We're a small rescue founded in San Diego, California. Our dedicated team of volunteers save shelter dogs from death row throughout Southern California's many h

San Diego CA

Wagging Tails is an all breed, non-profit rescue that places hundreds of dogs each year. We pride ourselves on our reputation of ongoing support for adopters and their new family members. We are volunteer and donation based- our main goal being to care for and give loving homes to dogs in need. Sandy's first rescue dog, Bonnie, was a cattle dog mix that was transported to her home in the trun

Parrot Education & Adoption Center

San Diego CA 92160

Parrot Education & Adoption Center (PEAC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to educating current and potential bird owners on the proper care of companion parrots.

San Diego CA 92121

San Diego Bully Rescue dba Pit Bull Rescue San Diego is devoted to rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming pit bulls in San Diego area shelters and educating the public on responsible pet ownership. We are a 100% volunteer run, foster-based non-profit organization (EIN 45-3746757). We do not have a facility as our goal is to have the pit bulls that are in our program live in homes to best determine

San Diego CA

Puggles & Pitties is a very small rescue based in San Diego, CA. We rescue just a handful of dogs at a time, rehabilitate them as necessary, and find their new forever homes. Our focus is on puggles, pit bull-type dogs, and boxers.

San Diego CA

Our goal is to make a good "match" so that both the pets and their human caretakers are happy. In our adoptions we accompany the pet to the new home as we have found this the best way to help the animal transition most easily into the new home. For this reason, we are looking for adopters in the Southern California area, preferably San Diego County.

Rover's Retreat Dog Rescue

San Diego CA

Located in Southern California, we provide dog rescue and dog adoption by placing rescued dogs in foster homes and providing care and a safe haven for them until they are ready to find their "furever" homes. We have foster homes from the Los Angeles area all the way down to the San Diego region.

San Diego House Rabbit Society

San Diego CA 92111

San Diego House Rabbit Society (SDHRS) is a chapter of the international House Rabbit Society (based in Richmond, CA) and has been at work in San Diego and southwest Riverside counties for more than 20 years. We celebrated our 20th Anniversary in 2012.

San Diego Humane Society - San Diego Campus

San Diego CA 92110

San Diego Humane Society, an open-admission shelter, is creating a more humane world by inspiring compassion and advancing the welfare of animals and people. Our lifesaving safety net has helped San Diego become the largest city in the U.S. to keep healthy and treatable animals from being euthanized. We are a private, independent, nonprofit organization that is not affiliated with any other humane

San Diego CA 92124

San Diego Special Needs Rescue is dedicated to rescuing small dogs from life-threatening situations. All of our dogs were either in danger of being euthanized in animal shelters, neglected or abused, or taken from the public (when space permits) so they are not bounced around to different homes or collected and sold to research labs by "bunchers."

Second Chance Dog Rescue

San Diego CA 92109

Second Chance Dog Rescue is one of San Diego’s largest non-profit 501c3 organizations dedicated to saving homeless dogs. We are not a shelter but a dog rescue and all of our dogs are in private foster homes until they are adopted.

San Diego CA 92115

Founded in August 2006, SCGSR consists of a dedicated team of volunteers. SCGSR rescues, rehabilitates, provides spay/neuter and veterinary care, and re-homes pets in Southern California. SCGSR has rescued and placed over 900 animals. Our rescues include German Shepherds, Great Danes, Poodles, many mixed breeds, cats and kittens, a chicken, and even a boa constrictor. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit located

San Diego CA

Here at TAP, we give voice to the voiceless and our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and find dogs the best homes possible. The Animal Pad was founded in 2010 by Stephanie Nisan because of a dire need for action in the local shelter systems. Millions of dogs are put to sleep every year in shelters across America and TAP aims to greatly reduce the amount of dogs that are euthanized every day by e

The Dog Squad Rescue Inc

San Diego CA 92128

MISSION STATEMENT: To rescue, provide rehabilitation and training to dogs with adoption barriers until responsible, loving homes can be found. We advocate for keeping people and pets together by offering education and extensive training resources. And, when necessary, a safe place to stay.

The Rescued Dog

San Diego CA

The Rescued Dog is a non-profit 501(c)3, all-breed dog rescue in San Diego, CA. We consist of a network of fosters and volunteers dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating dogs in need throughout California and Mexico. We are committed to placing dogs in loving, forever homes and educating adopters on the responsibilities of dog ownership. The Rescued Dog strives to work with local area shelters an

Thrive Animal Rescue

San Diego CA

Founded by Cece Bloum and Georgia Spogli, Thrive Animal Rescue, comes to the aid of abandoned and discarded dogs of all breeds, ages and situations. By providing medical aid, love and support our goal is to place them in their final forever home. Let us be your personal shopper! If you’re committed to rescuing a shelter dog, allow us to assist in finding you the dog of your dreams. We will keep

Tragic To Magic

San Diego CA 92154

For the countless animals that are abandoned, abused, malnourished and unwanted, we provide sterilization, immunization and critical vet care and then find them a forever home.

Underdog Alliance Inc.

San Diego CA 92067

Underdog Alliance provides shelter, re-homing assistance, and funds for medical treatment for at risk dogs each year. These dogs come to us from animal shelters, other rescue groups, and owners who wish to surrender their dogs into sanctuary. Our network consists of many volunteers who foster, do home checks, transport, and place the dogs who come into our program. We rely entirely on donations fo

Wee Companions Small Animal Adoption Inc.

San Diego CA 92122

Our specialty is small furry exotics including, guinea pigs, rats, hamsters, mice and rabbits. Wee Companions has been rescuing small animals since 1998. Since inception, we have taken in over 15,500 animals. This is quite a feat when you realize that we are a volunteer-based organization that is operated out of individual homes. Our funding comes from the generosity of supporters like you, we rec

West Coast Boxer Rescue

San Diego CA 92177

West Coast Boxer Rescue is a 100% volunteer based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are dedicated to improving the lives and welfare of homeless Boxers. Our mission is to rescue and find homes for stray, abandoned, neglected, abused and surrendered Boxers. We currently serve California and Nevada. We are a group of people who love boxers and want the best possible lives for our rescued dogs.

San Diego CA

We are a working breed dog rescue run by professional dog trainers. Trust someone with experience and extensive canine knowledge to match you with your perfect pup! Working breeds have not been breed to be pets. Often times these dogs end up in the shelter because they have not been given a job to do as was intended for their creation. We are here to save dogs who have been subject to this situati

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