Animal Protection New Mexico

40 years of positive change.

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What We Do

Challenging Animal Cruelty

Managing our statewide animal cruelty helpline calls about animal neglect and abuse, and offering professional training scholarships to animal control and other law enforcement officers.

Protecting Horses, Donkeys and Mules

Helping equines and families, working to end horse slaughter, and supporting New Mexico’s equine shelters.

Protecting Animals Used in Science

Learn all about APNM’s historic and consequential success at ensuring sanctuary for every surviving chimpanzee at the Alamogordo Primate Facility.

Promoting Coexistence with Wildlife

Protecting keystone species, banning killing contests, and ending the use of cruel traps and poisons.

Honoring Champions for Animals – Milagro Awards

Recognizing and honoring champions for animals.

Building Humane Communities

Supporting more humane communities through community partnerships and humane education.

Teaching Compassion for Animals

Growing empathy through in-demand education curricula designed for all ages, and working to ensure humane education is available to children in all NM public schools.

Changing Laws to Change Lives

Through Animal Protection Voters, strengthening local, state, and federal laws for the benefit of animals.

Promoting Plant-Based Eating

People are inundated with unhealthy and often inhumane food options. That’s why we are committed to providing an alternative way of eating through our plant-based eating resources and working to pass state policies that support plant-based eating choices.

Donate

Your support drives our ability to accomplish great things! As a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization we depend on the donations from you and others who strive for the humane treatment of all living things.

Contact Us

We would love to hear from you. Reach out to us and let us know how we can help you. We love to hear new ideas about how we can help New Mexico’s animals and be better advocates for them. Please reach out to us.

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