Animal Shelter

Check out our Facebook page for your lost pet or for adoptable animals!

 

Animal Shelter / Lost Pet FAQs

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. All pet owners must provide the following prior to release: 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. All pet owners must provide the following prior to release: Proof of current rabies vaccination including proof of sterility.

 

Does my dog or cat need a county license? Los Alamos County Animal Control does not require a county license. Your dog or cat must have current rabies vaccinations.

 

Should I worry about hantavirus? It is always good practice to use caution when cleaning in an area where rodents may dwell. Hantavirus Hotline – 1-800-879-3421 or in Santa Fe at 505-827-0006. The Office of Epidemiology will provide you with information on risk and cleanup and will also answer other questions you may have.

 

Adopt a Pet

Step 1.You can meet adoptable animals at the Los Alamos Animal Shelter or online:

Adopt a Pet

Petfinder

Los Alamos County Animal Shelter Facebook

Step 2.Upon completion of an application, including references, the fees for adoptions are as follows:

Adoption

CAT

DOG

Ages

Fees

Fees

6 months and older

$50.00

$50.00

Under 6 months

$100.00

$100.00

Included in adoption fees

Spay or Neuter, Rabies Vaccination, FVRCP Vaccination, FELV/FIV Test, FELV Vaccination, Deworming and a Microchip

 

 

Spay or Neuter, Rabies Vaccination, Da2pp (Parvo-distemper) Vaccination, Heartworm Test Bordetella Vaccination (Kennel Cough), Deworming and a Microchip.

 

Mission Statement

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.

 

Resources

Animal Humane NM Behavioral Helpline

505-938-7900

BehaviorHelpline@AnimalHumaneNM.org

 

Animal Protection New Mexico

505-265-2322

https://apnm.org/contact

 

New Mexico Game and Fish

Northwest Regional Office

505-222-4700 - Mon-Fri

To Request Assistance from a Conservation Officer Outside Regular Business Hours:

Call New Mexico State Police Dispatch

505-841-9256

https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/home

 

New Mexico Wildlife Center

505-753-9505

19 Wheat Street, Española, NM 87532

https://newmexicowildlifecenter.org

 

Hantavirus Hotline

800-879-3421 or505-827-0006 in Santa Fe

The Office of Epidemiology will provide you with information on risk and cleanup and will also answer other questions you may have.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volunteer Opportunites

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.

For information on volunteering call us!

(505) 662-8179