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Milagro Awards
recognize individual and collaborative humanitarian acts on behalf
of animals. New Mexico organizations, businesses and individuals
can be nominated in the following categories, except for the Animal
Award category, which is for animal nominees only:
Advocacy Award: for advocacy efforts that promoted the compassionate treatment of animals and/or combated institutionalized animal cruelty; for efforts that alleviated the pain and suffering of animals used for "entertainment" or for cruel medical experiments;
Animal Award: for exceptional animal courage and/or intelligence (animal nominees only);
Direct Animal Services Award: for efforts that directly improved the lives of animals; for alleviating the pain and suffering of companion animals, farm animals, livestock and/or wildlife;
Humane Education Award: for innovative classroom, public, private or civic education efforts that foster humane ethics in youth;
Lawmaking Advocacy Award: for efforts that result in the passage of animal protection legislation;
Media Award: for spotlighting animal issues with courage, creativity and
integrity;
Youth Award: for youth activism, ethics, and bravery;
Spirit of the Mission Award: for actions that bring about precedent-setting change with a national impact that advances the animal rights movement.
In addition, the APNM Board of Directors bestows a Board of Directors’ Award for lifelong commitment to animal rights, and the APNM Executive Director bestows an Executive Director’s Award for outstanding support of APNM’s mission and program. |
