Bernalillo County Animal Care and Resource Center

In foster homes, homeless dogs and cats are rescued and given temporary, high-quality care while waiting to be adopted permanently.

We are requesting folks who want to surrender a pet to speak with an Animal Welfare representative before bringing your pet in. This will help us better manage our shelters and care for the thousands of stray animals that pass through our doors each year.

Animal Humane New Mexico, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was founded in 1965, provides care for more than 10,000 dogs and cats who are homeless or in danger of becoming so each year. Since 2010, all healthy animals in our care have been adopted out. We never put animals to sleep based on their age or length of stay. At Animal Humane, we provide every companion animal with exceptional veterinary, social, and emotional assistance and love. As a private, nonprofit shelter, we get no money from the city, state, or federal government; instead, every dollar is wisely earned or raised.

Unsterilized animals will only be released if they already have a valid intact permit or are from a county other than Bernalillo, Valencia, Torrance, Santa Fe, Sandoval, or Cibola.

Street Cat HUB's primary goal is the reduction of feral cat and colony populations through the use of compassionate alternatives to culling, such as TNR (trap, neuter & return). Jayne Sage, the creator of Street Cat HUB and current board president, started catching neighborhood cats in 2001. In 2009, she launched a trap loan scheme to offer services beyond of her own neighborhood. A startup program run out of Jayne's property received funding from Best Friends in 2012. By design, Best Friends ended the initiative in 2014.

Pets Alive in New Mexico! is a 501(c)(3) non-profit with the goal of assisting New Mexico in joining the expanding, forward-thinking No Kill companion animal welfare success that is occurring throughout America, where upwards of 99% of lost and abandoned pets and community cats are given a second chance to find a loving, permanent home.