Rescue
There are always more animals than there are homes, and in a small shelter like the Moses Lake Animal Shelter, the number of animals can genuinely double in 24 hours, taking us from half empty to overflowing. We believe that every adoptable shelter pet deserves the opportunity to find its forever home. Sometimes that doesn’t happen in the brief time we are able to hold a spot for them, before an incoming dog or cat gets its turn. Luckily, with the help of the worldwide web and the dedication of our shelter team and many individuals throughout the Northwest, many of these adoptable animals are able to be placed with no-kill rescue organizations when their “time is up.”
Grant County Animal Outreach works tirelessly networking with legitimate rescue organizations to place adoptable animals in safe havens where they will get more time to find their forever home than they are allowed at a small animal shelter. These organizations are private and public and contribute in many ways to help us reduce the euthanasia rate at our shelter. Rescue is a fast growing effort, with millions of animal lovers across the world vocalizing the importance of animal caretaking by humans. Where animals do not have a voice to ask for help, we do, and animals come to us in every imaginable condition, shape, size, color, personality, and story. Every single one of them is given compassion and acceptance by our shelter team.
If you are interested in helping by transporting shelter pets to rescue, please read our volunteer page. Transport help/costs *are* available on a limited basis. We are always looking for Rescue Runners to help us transport shelter pets to rescue, see the Volunteer section for more information on this critical program. Rescue Runner Routes are mostly to Ellensburg and back, or to North Bend. The number of animals in every transport varies, and you can be specific to what kind of animal you are willing to transport.
If you are a legitimate rescue organization, and are not already affiliated with our shelter, we welcome you to contact us, visit our shelter, or coordinate with an event. If you are interested in rescuing some of our available pets, please send an email from the contact page and someone will get right back to you. All of our shelter pets are up to date on vaccines and microchipping is available. If altering is required before transport, we ask that you pre-arrange altering and understand that we request a $65.00 minimum donation to our medical fund for each animal that has to be altered prior to transport. Behavior testing and personality assessments are available as well as our shelter team would be happy to take additional pictures to send to you.
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For more information on GCAO’s “Dogs in Danger” don’t hesitate to contact us. That minute you pause may be the minute between life or death for an animal in need.
Pit Bull Rescue Central is a valuable resource that contains information on pit bull dogs, ownership and care.