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Every Pet Deserves a Home
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We are adopting more dogs and cats than ever!
2021 Adoptions:
Cats/Kittens: 278
Dogs/Puppies: 277
2020 Adoptions:
Cats/Kittens: 153
Dogs/Puppies: 205
10/23/2019- With our hearts breaking, we are sad to announce that our founder, Dr. Joe Maruca, has passed. Thank you Dr. Maruca for a lifetime legacy of saving almost 7,000 local homeless pets.
Grand Rivers Humane Society was established in 2005 by the late physician, Dr. Maruca. It was
solely built on the goal of saving cats and dogs that needed a home. Dr. Maruca kept hearing stories about healthy, well-behaved pets being euthanized in Mesa County because of shelter overflow or being in captivity for too long, so he decided to start a program to work with Mesa County Animal Services to save pets that were nearing euthanasia.

Contact Us
Visit Us:
1649 Main St.,
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Give Us a Call:
Cat Adoptions: 970-257-0070
Dog Adoptions: 970-644-0575