GCAO lowers fees to help older pets find ‘forever Valentines’

MOSES LAKE — Grant County Animal Outreach is hoping the community will open its hearts and homes to the shelter’s older pets this month. Through Feb. 28 at 5 p.m., adoption fees for adult cats and dogs have been reduced to $100 for animals one year and older, and $50 for pets six years and older, part of the shelter’s “Forever Valentine” promotion. Assistant Manager Serena Jewell said February felt like the right time to break down barriers that sometimes prevent older pets from finding homes. “February was just more so playing off the theme of your forever Valentine,” Jewell said. “And we know the holidays just kind of hit everyone pretty rough… so trying to help break down that barrier of adoption fees to get them to new homes was kind of our main goal.”