Welcome to Sunrise Rescue!

Our Non-Profit serves all of San Diego County and South Orange County.

Some animals require a little extra special care. Many or our animals are put on the euthanasia list or are in a dire situation when they come to us. We do everything we can to rehabilitate and adopt them out to loving and caring families. We have successfully adopted many animals to their forever homes with great pet owners. We can always use your help if you would like to join our team. We are looking for fosters to help keep pets safe and cared for prior to their adoption. 

If you would like to donate to our cause, we definitely need your help! Please use the link above or the button below to make a donation. 


Meet Our Adoptable Pets!

Noodles and Meatball
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  • Turkish Angora, Domestic Long Hair, Mixed
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Beautiful and majestic bonded brothers! About a year old. These kitties are good with kids. They haven’t been around other... View full description »

Adult, Male, Large
Dandy
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Dandy is a very friendly, sweet boy! He loves all people and other cats! About 2 years old now and... View full description »

Adult, Male, Medium
Sookie
SookieSookie
  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Very sweet girl! Extremely affectionate and extroverted! Loves playing with her siblings. 🙂 www.sunriserescue.com for an application. 🙂 View full description »

Baby, Male, Medium
Messi and Aurora
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Bonded siblings, male and female, about 2 years old. Were adopted as kittens but then returned two years later due... View full description »

Adult, Male, Medium
Birdy
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  • Domestic Medium Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Meet “Birdy!” She was one of our shelter euthanasia list kitties. She gave birth to 5 kittens but they all... View full description »

Adult, Female, Medium
Zaphina
Zaphina
  • Domestic Medium Hair, Maine Coon, Mixed
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Whoever gets to adopt this sweet girl is the luckiest person ever! Fluffy and affectionate! Loves laps and cuddles. Very... View full description »

Adult, Female, Medium
Glenys
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Beautiful and sweet girl! A dilute tortie. Loves playing with her siblings and needs to be in a home with... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Lowell
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Beautiful and silly boy! A cream tabby. Loves playing with his siblings and needs to be in a home with... View full description »

Baby, Male, Medium
Hoyt
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Beautiful and silly boy! A cream tabby. Loves playing with his siblings and needs to be in a home with... View full description »

Baby, Male, Medium
Alf
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  • Domestic Medium Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Alf is a very sweet boy with medium fur and a fluffy tail! Loves playing with his sister, Anani. Extremely,... View full description »

Baby, Male, Medium
Croissant
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Very sweet little boy. He‘s extremely loving and social and was raised by kids. Loves playing with his siblings. :)... View full description »

Baby, Male, Medium
Cherry Tart
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Very sweet little female. She’s extremely loving and social and was raised by kids. Loves playing with her siblings. :)... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Lucine
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Beautiful, very sweet mama cat. Loves playing with her kittens. About a year old. Lucine was born with a deformed... View full description »

Adult, Female, Medium
Buzz
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Beautiful, very sweet and colorful boy! Loves playing with his siblings. About 11 weeks old. His mom was pulled from... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Rumble
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Beautiful, very sweet and colorful boy! Loves playing with his siblings. About 11 weeks old. His mom was pulled from... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Boop
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Beautiful, very sweet and colorful boy! Loves playing with his siblings. About 11 weeks old. His mom was pulled from... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Beep
BeepBeepBeepBeep
  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Beautiful, very sweet and colorful boy! Loves playing with his siblings. About 11 weeks old. His mom was pulled from... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Whisper
WhisperWhisperWhisper
  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Beautiful, very sweet and colorful boy! Loves playing with his siblings. About 11 weeks old. His mom was pulled from... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Splash
Splash Splash Splash
  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Beautiful, very sweet and colorful girl! Loves playing with her siblings. About 11 weeks old. Her mom was pulled from... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Giggle
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Beautiful, very sweet and colorful girl! Loves playing with her siblings. About 11 weeks old. Her mom was pulled from... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Turtle
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Very sweet boy! Extremely affectionate and extroverted! More photos coming soon! www.sunriserescue.com for an application. 🙂 View full description »

Baby, Male, Medium
Zora
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Meet little “Zora”! This tiny girl is about 8-9 weeks old. She loves playing with her siblings. She isn’t available... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Zabby and Zabe
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  • Dilute Tortoiseshell
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Two very, very sweet and beautiful girls! These are two are some of our euthanasia list rescue kitties. They don’t... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Alicent
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

“Alicent” thinks everyone is her friend and they don’t get a choice! Loves all people, cats, dogs and rabbits. Very... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Nari and Strega
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date
  • Prefers home without dogs

“Nari” and her only surviving kitten “Strega” were pulled from the euthanasia list at a high kill shelter. Nari loves... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Sun
SunSun
  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

“Sun” is about 3-4 months old. Still a little bit shy but he does love other cats. Super cute little... View full description »

Baby, Male, Medium
Star
StarStar
  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

“Star” is about 3-4 months old. Still a little bit shy but she does love other cats. Super cute little... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Clayre
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

“Clayre” is one of our shelter euthanasia list kitties! She has an extremely unique pattern. She is what’s called a... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Dragonfly
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

As you can see from her video, teeny tiny “Dragonfly” has some deformities with her from legs. Basically bow legged.... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Siegfried
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date
  • Prefers home without dogs

“Siegfried” was one of our rescue kitties that we pulled from a shelter euthanasia list. A big, handsome fellow! About... View full description »

Adult, Male, Extra Large
Curry
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

“Curry” is a very friendly, loving and flirtatious boy! Rescued from the side of the road after being dumped by... View full description »

Adult, Male, Medium
Gummy Bear
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Vaccinations up to date

Very sweet girl! About 5 months old. Loves to play snd purr. Raised with kids, other cats and dogs. Fully... View full description »

Baby, Female, Medium
Robin Hood
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Vaccinations up to date

Very sweet boy! Typical kitten, loves to play dnd purr. Raised with kids, other cats and dogs. Fully vetted and... View full description »

Baby, Male, Medium
Ivar
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  • Domestic Medium Hair, Nebelung, Mixed
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Meet “Ivar!” This 14 month old super sweet boy has CH, we think, which means he wobbles some in his... View full description »

Adult, Male, Medium
Connor
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

Loves to play! A shoulder percher. A total favorite at the vets. He is only 7 pounds and will always... View full description »

Adult, Male, Medium
Felix the Cat
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  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date

The real life “Felix the Cat!” Looks just like him! Felix is a 3 year old male. Tall and slender... View full description »

Adult, Male, Medium
Cookie
CookieCookieCookie
  • Domestic Short Hair
  • Spayed/Neutered
  • Housebroken
  • Vaccinations up to date
  • Prefers home without cats

Is ok with maybe one older male cat and small dogs. Cookie is very sweet and well mannered. She patiently... View full description »

Adult, Female, Medium

“Bernice” Needs a Hospice Foster

FeLV+ “Bernice” is at least 14 years old and is looking for an adopter or hospice foster. Needs dental work but her blood work isn’t good enough for anesthesia to be safe. Very sweet girl. Good with all people and dogs. Needs to be an only cat or with another FeLV+ cat. Food and supplies, and vetting covered for the rest of her life, by the rescue. Please contact us if you are interested.

Cat Meet & Greet Adoption Event

Come meet our adoptable cats! All our cats are fully vetted (spayed/neutered, microchipped. FELV/FIV tested, up to date on vaccines) and ready for immediate adoption!

SATURDAY, MARCH 6 AT 6910 MIRAMAR ROAD, SAN DIEGO

We are also accepting drop-off donations at this time. Follow us on social media for more information! 🙂

Save “Scout!”

Scout doesn’t deserve to die! Our vet called us tonight and asked if our rescue could take in this 3 year old owner relinquished tabby. He has a urinary blockage and his owners didn’t want to pay for treatment and asked for him to be euthanized.

The vet asked us if we could take him under our wing. He will need a catheter inserted into his urethra and left there, while hospitalized, for three days to break up the blockage and make sure it has cleared. Blood and urin lab work. And they will neuter him while he is under anesthesia.

The estimate is just over $2,000. Any donations will help cover the cost. If desired, donations can go straight to his vet bill at All Day Pet Hospital, under Sunrise Rescue.

After “Scout” is in the clear, healthy, and issues are resolved, he will be available for adoption. We can’t image what this poor guy feels like right now. He must be in so much pain, confused, and very scared.

Thank you Samantha!

A very special adoption yesterday! “Twinkle” survived panleukapenia, malnutrition, a ruptured eye ulcer, round worms, tape worms, fleas, and an upper respiratory infection, ALL AT THE SAME TIME!! Adopted by her loving foster, Samantha. We wish you both a happy life together!🥰💖🐈‍⬛

Go Chuck!

“Chuck” is a sweet old guy rockin’ his mange and FIV+ status. Looks like he’s been spending too many days pretending to be a cowboy. Getting him all fixed up! 🤎🐈

Help for Hal

What do you do when you have sent a cat to 8 different vets and none of them can figure out what’s wrong with him? You send him to vet #9. Originally pulled from the euthanasia list at the shelter in Moreno Valley, “Hal” and his breathing issues are sounding worse. This poor guy has been like this for about a year now. Multiple antibiotics, x-rays, even a guided camera down his throat and we can’t figure out why he breathes with a curdling snore, and always has a congested, boogery nose. He feels stiff when you pet him due to increased muscle development from over use of his auxiliary muscles to breathe.

Two vets have recommended euthanasia, but Hal is a happy guy! He doesn’t seem to know the difference. Loves to play, is extremely affectionate, and particularly likes kittens. We even had a problem with him sneaking them away from new moms, taking them off to his own space to cuddle and groom their fur. He’s a super sweet boy! We currently have him hospitalized and on IV antibiotics to see if it makes a difference. More x-rays, blood labs, breathing treatments and another nose culture to check for fungus and bacteria, again. Last resort will be an expensive MRI. But there is a chance that Hal could stay this way for the rest of his life with an unknown prognosis, considering him un-adoptable, and in hospice. We refuse to give up on him!