I can’t think of any of my friends in Albuquerque, New Mexico who don’t have pets. Most have two or more. Several also rescue animals. They tell me the need for animal rescuers is enormous because of a high percentage of abandonment by pet owners.
Rescuers don’t restrict their activity to cats and dogs. Some, like my friend N. who says she has had as many as nine or ten rescued dogs at a time in her home, also rescue larger animals like donkeys and horses.
Wild mustangs from the El Rito and Jicarilla ranger districts of the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico are available for adoption by anyone over 18 years of age who can afford the adoption fee of $125.00 and the facilities to maintain the horses.
Now, within the city, we have help at the governmental level for the adoption of stray dogs and cats. Mayor Martin Chavez of Albuquerque publicly added his name to the lists of animal lovers who want to stop euthanasia. In addition, the mayor wants to reduce the amount of money spent on rounding up stray animals in the city.
Mayor Chavez gave a press conference and cut a ribbon to open the first-of-its-kind government–run animal adoption center, Lucky Paws, in the city.
The adoption center is occupying space vacated by retailers in the Coronado Mall in Northeast Heights of Albuquerque. It is accessible from the south side of the mall and is already a temporary (we hope) home an appealing group of dogs and cats that are so appealing, it is difficult to go home without one of them.
Albuquerque garnered a string of accolades last year including recognition as a good place for raising a family and for doing business. The city may well be in line for receiving at least one more recognition, this time for being a city that cares for its animals.
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