Sep 04, 2024
AUSTIN, TX –There’s excellent news for outdated canine this summer time as The Gray Muzzle Group broadcasts the recipients of its annual grants, and canine at Austin Pets Alive! are among the many winners.
Austin Pets Alive! is one in every of 100 animal welfare teams chosen from practically 400 candidates to obtain a grant to assist native senior canine and the individuals who love them. The profitable teams are sharing greater than $1 million in grants to assist save and enhance the lives of at-risk outdated canine of their communities.
“This grant will assist us give senior canine like 8-year-old Bluebelle the veterinary and dental care she wants so she’ll be able to go to her loving residence,” stated Nigel Fuentes of Austin Pets Alive!. “Nobody is extra grateful or loving than an outdated canine, and we’re trying ahead to serving to extra senior canine get the second likelihood all of them deserve.”
Over the previous 16 years, the nationwide nonprofit Gray Muzzle Group has supplied greater than $5.7 million in grants to assist its imaginative and prescient of “a world the place each senior canine thrives, and no outdated canine dies alone and afraid.”
“Because of the generosity of our donors, we’re delighted to assist deserving organizations like Austin Pets Alive! make a optimistic distinction within the lives of canine and other people of their communities,” Gray Muzzle’s Government Director Lisa Lunghofer stated. “Many senior canine within the Austin space are having fun with their golden years in loving houses due to the lifesaving work of Austin Pets Alive!.”
