Grants Animal Care Center

The only facility in west-central New Mexico that provides shelter and care for stray and homeless animals is the McKinley County Humane Society.

Services for animal control are offered in collaboration with the Gallup-McKinley County Humane Society. The Gallup city code's animal control laws are administered by the Animal Control division.

Every month, the McKinley County Humane Society accepts more than 500 dogs and cats from within the city-county boundaries as well as from remote Indian reservations. It is preferable to go to the shelter in person to meet your new pet if you are looking for one because internet listings might not be accurate. All adopted animals are spayed or neutered before being made available for adoption. The McKinley County Humane Society sees a time where all animals have loving, permanent homes and are safe in both human and animal communities.

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.

NMDOG is a hands-on rescue that helps New Mexico's chained, mistreated, and abandoned dogs. This small, all-volunteer, 501(c)3 non-profit, foster-based rescue, with its headquarters in Albuquerque, was founded in 2010 and has since impacted the lives of hundreds of dogs.

In early 1996, not long after they relocated to the region, Lee and Sophia DiClemente had a vision for a No-Kill animal facility in New Mexico. Every year, New Mexico euthanizes thousands of stray, abandoned, and lost animals.