Animal Friends of the Valleys Animal Control

01/08/2025

Please get a plan in place.

Murrieta Fire is actively monitoring the fires in Los Angeles County and recognizes the concerns of many residents with horses in our community. For additional information large animal evacuations, visit our website: https://bit.ly/4gG60cm

Wildfires can develop and change rapidly, and it is essential to monitor your local fire, police, and city social media accounts. In addition, we recommend that you download the following apps:

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭: https://protect.genasys.com/search
𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐲: https://www.watchduty.org/
𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐂𝐨: https://rivcoready.org/alert-rivco
𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧-𝐔𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬: www.MurrietaCA.gov/NotifyMe

During emergencies, please trust the information published by your local agencies or through the Genasys App. Follow evacuation orders from local fire and police departments and leave quickly and safely.

Murrieta and southwest Riverside County are wildfire-prone areas; please ensure your go-bags and emergency kits are ready in case of a wildfire, earthquake, or other emergency affecting our community.

We are here with you and stand ready to protect our community.

Stay safe, Murrieta

01/07/2025

Secure your pets and gates.

From widespread power shutoffs to major road closures, several communities across the Southland are bracing for an explosive Santa Ana wind event moving in. The National Weather Service is warning of a "life-threatening, destructive windstorm" moving into SoCal starting around noon. The Eyewitness News team is live with the fire weather fears, plus meteorologist Leslie Lopez has the critical forecast. This morning at 6 from ABC7. https://abc7.com/15766214

01/01/2025

Lake Elsinore do you recognize this dog? Please share to find the owner.

01/01/2025

Lake Elsinore! Do you recognize this dog? Male, no microchip, brown collar, no tags. Grand/Corydon. Please share to help find the owners.

01/01/2025

Menifee! Do you recognize these dogs? Please share to find the owners.

01/01/2025

Update: Owners found! Going home💕

Lake Elsinore, do you recognize this dog?

Female pitty, no microchip, no collar.

01/01/2025

Wildomar, do you recognize this dog?

No microchip. Please share to find the owner.

12/25/2024

While all are enjoying family and friends I want to thank our Animal Control Officers that are working on the holidays to keep our animals safe. ACOs work every holiday to run calls for loose or injured animals. Thank you AFV ACOs. Thank you for you service.
Thank you for your holiday sacrifice. You are my heroes.
Chief Mo

12/01/2024

🎯Animal Friends of the Valleys Animal Control needs your help. 🎯. These 4 dogs were dumped this week in horrific conditions. They appear to be Tibetan Terriers that have been relegated to living in kennels their whole life. 2 were dumped in Menifee and 2 were dumped in Lake Elsinore this week. There could be more, if you see a dog in this condition, please contact us ASAP. Animal Control suspects these are breeding stock being dumped by their owners. If you have any information that might help animal control, please call 951-674-0618 x222 or x223

08/02/2024

🎯Evacuation Center🎯
Murrieta Community Center
41810 Juniper Street, Murrieta, CA 92562

Update; new evacuation warning area. If you live in the area marked in yellow, please start preparing to leave.

08/02/2024

🎯Alamos fire🎯 Mandatory evacuations, please take your pets and anything they need including food and medicine. Download the Watch Duty app to get updates in real time.

07/27/2024

🎯UPDATE🎯 Last Thursday July 25th was the one year anniversary of serving a search warrant and confiscating 18 dogs out of horrible conditions in the Menifee area. For information see previous post pinned to top of our page. The jury trial for this case starts in October. They are now living in the Lancaster area. During the recent pre-trial both defendants, Durand and Castera, were ordered to not own, care for, possess or be in the presence of animals. It was reported to us on July 14th that they were still in possession of animals. We have been made aware of several social media postings by this group (Wonder Earth Rescue) trying to defame not only AFV Animal Control but the outstanding officers that are dedicated to this case. We will try to update you again as we get closer to October. If you would like more information regarding this court case it can be found via public records on the website for Superior Court of CA-County of Riverside, case SWF2301920.

To end on a happy note meet Playa, she was one of the dogs confiscated. She was paralyzed in her rear legs and was severely emaciated. Take a look at the picture before and take a longer look at the picture the day she left the shelter for her new home. Playa left with a beautiful coat, a perfect body weight and a bright future.

07/27/2024

Thank you to all who kept your animals safe during the recent Macy fire. You made our job easier. We will always be there for you.

07/26/2024

Do you recognize this pup? Picked up by Animal Control at Grewell & Austin.