Animal Shelters

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.

The sole municipal open admission animal shelter in operation in Socorro County is the Socorro Animal Shelter (SAS). With agreements for sheltering services with Socorro County and the Village of Magdalena, the SAS is run by the City of Socorro. SAS welcomed 1126 animals in 2019. Nearly 782 of those animals were adopted or transferred out through our adoption center.

Here at Noah's Ark Animal Shelter, welcome! You can learn more about our goals, programs, and ways to get involved in general terms here. Animals that are brought in by Animal Control or by private individuals who see them running loose are subject to a 4-day stray hold before they become the shelter's property and can be adopted.

Our goal at Espanola Humane, a nonprofit open-admission shelter, is to enhance the lives of animals in underserved areas.

The community of Corrales is non-kill and animal-friendly. The goal of Animal Services is to protect and ensure the welfare of all household, farm, and wild animals.

The mission of Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary (KSAS) is to provide hospice care and end-of-life care for elderly, unwanted dogs, horses, and chickens in a tranquil sanctuary environment while also promoting the compassionate, dignified treatment of all living things as they age.

Through facility care, adoption, community education, and programs that address pet overpopulation, the High Desert Humane Society works to promote and provide humane and ethical treatment of companion animals.

North of the Public Safety Complex, at 501 Paddy Wagon RD, is the brand-new Artesia Animal Shelter.

A no-kill animal welfare group called AnimalVILLAGENM is situated in southern New Mexico's Otero County. Selected cats and dogs that have been saved from imminent danger are given a safe second chance. We have placed over 1,000 animals in secure and devoted forever homes thanks to our extensive adoption process.

Our goal is to give every animal that enters our facility the highest quality of life possible via love, companionship, and nutritious food. We work hard to inform the public about sterilization procedures, immunization obligations, and support for basic medical needs. In addition to many other aspects of animal care and welfare, we provide lost and found services and reference materials. We are committed to caring for abandoned, unloved, homeless, and lost animals. All of the healthy and adoptable animals will be placed in loving homes, and those that are too ill, hurt, or aggressive to be adopted will only be put to sleep.