Moreno Valley Community FoundationFunded in 2024
The Moreno Valley Community Foundation helps support the community of Moreno Valley including the lost and homeless pets placed into the care of the Moreno Valley Animal Shelter. The Moreno Valley Animal Services Division provides a full-service Animal Care and Control program providing care annually to over 6,000 lost and homeless pets at the Moreno Valley Animal Shelter. The Animal Shelter hosts a full-service veterinary clinic under contract with Moreno Valley Community Vet Care, owned and operated by Dr. Nicholas Storey, DVM and Dr. Joey Cowan, DVM. & Associates. In addition to shelter services, the Animal Services Division has a team of Animal Control Officers who respond annually to over 11,000 service requests related to animals, both domestic and wild, including undomesticated burros that frequent our northern boundaries.
The Moreno Valley Community Foundation will leverage the Learning Partnership Grant to provide essential medical care to senior dogs in collaboration with Haven Pet Center. After receiving necessary treatments, senior dogs that remain unclaimed will be transferred to Haven Pet Center for adoption, where they will have access to a wider adoptive market. This approach aims to place 35 senior dogs in loving homes by moving them out of overcrowded municipal shelters and into environments where they are more likely to find their forever families.
The grant will help dogs like Lola who, at 8 years old, was found as a stray and picked up by Animal Control Officers. Despite being spayed and having all impound fees waived, her owner hasn’t claimed her. She underwent surgery to remove a mass near her jaw, and her recovery has been smooth. Now, she’s thriving, friendly, and gets along well with her kennel mates. Our Animal Rescue Coordinator is arranging her transfer to Haven Pet Center next week, where she’ll have a better chance at finding a loving home.
About Better Together
Thanks to a generous grant from a private foundation, Grey Muzzle launched “Better Together” –an innovative grant initiative to promote lifesaving partnerships between open-admission shelters and other animal welfare organizations. These partnerships are vital in ensuring senior dogs receive the care and attention they deserve.
This is about more than funding. It’s about creating and sharing knowledge. As part of our Learning Partnership, grantees will collaborate, sharing their progress, challenges, and successes. With guidance from the Grey Muzzle team, they’ll gather insights that will help shape future initiatives and spread best practices nationwide.
