Joybound People & Pets, formerly the Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF),[1] is a nonprofit organization founded by Elaine and Tony La Russa, based in Walnut Creek, California.

Joybound rescues dogs and cats from public animal shelters where they would otherwise be euthanized and adopts them into new homes.

[2] On May 7, 1990, during the opening game for Major League Baseball teams Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees, a stray cat wandered onto the playing field at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum.

[3] In 2003, the organization moved to Walnut Creek, California, where it is headquartered in a 37,700 square feet (3,500 m2) building.

[5] Five years later, in 2020, ARF reported that they had rescued 42,000 cats and dogs and spayed or neutered a similar number.