Animal rescue or pet rescue may refer to:
- Animal rescue group, organizations dedicated to the rescue of animals, including pets, from shelters, to homes
- Animal Rescue Foundation, San Francisco Bay Area based charity dedicated to pet adoption and other animal welfare works
- Animal sanctuary, sites dedicated to caring permanently for rescued wild or domestic animals
- Animal welfare, 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 organization dedicated to animal welfare
- Pet adoption, adoption of pets that have been abandoned by previous owners
- Rescue dog, dogs placed in homes, from shelters
- Wildlife rehabilitation, the process of caring for wild animals, with the intent of returning them to their natural environment