Animal Shelter

ROAMING DOG?  Please call Animal Control: 505-662-8222 or (877) 261-4090 TTY capable and translation services.

Is the Los Alamos County animal shelter a no-kill shelter? No. If an animal needs to be euthanized, it is done by a licensed veterinarian and after a health or behavioral evaluation has been conducted.

For questions on impounded animals:

505-662-8222 or (877) 261-4090 TTY capable and translation services.

505-662-8179 Animal Shelter.

REDEMPTION OF IMPOUNDED ANIMALS Fees for the redemption by the keeper of an impounded animal shall be $0 if the animal is redeemed within 24 hours.

Fees for the redemption by the keeper of an impounded animal shall be $35 per day, per animal, after the first 24 hours. Reimbursement of costs for impounded animals by the keeper shall be the actual cost(s) incurred by the County for the pickup, boarding and care, including veterinary expenses while the impounded animal was in the County’s possession. Proof of current rabies vaccination including proof of sterility.

QUARANTINE OF IMPOUNDED ANIMALS Fees for quarantine in the Animal Shelter shall be $100 per animal.

To provide all animals in our care with the 5 freedoms of animal welfare. Freedom from hunger, thirst, and malnutrition, freedom from discomfort and exposure, freedom from pain, injury, and disease, freedom from fear and distress, and freedom to express normal and natural behavior. To provide our community with support for animal care and control, animal rescue and rehabilitation, and to place adoptable pets in forever homes.

Animal Humane NM Behavioral Helpline

505-938-7900

BehaviorHelpline@AnimalHumaneNM.org

The Los Alamos County Animal Shelter has an extensive volunteer program. The volunteers walk dogs, socialize cats, groom and bathe animals, and foster animals that have been at the shelter for too long a period of time.

If you would like to volunteer, please stop by the Animal Shelter to pick up a packet.

For any additional questions, please call us: (505) 662-8179.