By The Santa Fe New Mexican – Feb 8, 2018 The House passed a new fee on pet food Thursday. Backers say the bill could raise nearly $1.4 million a year to spay and neuter animals when the fee is fully implemented. But some Republicans argued the measure, House Bill 64, amounts to a tax. While the $100 […]

Sun-News Reports – Feb 8, 2018 The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a bill establishing a new $100 fee on pet foods sold in the state, with the money going to fund low-cost spay and neuter programs throughout the state. The bill passed on a 48-19 vote Thursday, and now moves to the Senate. New […]

By Dan McKay | Journal Staff Writer – Feb 8, 2018 SANTA FE – The state House on Thursday passed a bipartisan proposal that would impose a fee on dog and cat food to help fund spay-neuter programs. A similar proposal, meanwhile, has reached the floor of the Senate and could be acted on as early […]

By Roz Brown | Public News Service – NM – Feb 8, 2018 SANTA FE, N.M. — Animal rights advocates want New Mexico to join three other states that use pet food registration fees to fund animal spay and neuter services. A bill now before senators would charge pet food companies $100, rather than the current $2, […]

KUNM News | Associated Press – Feb 7, 2018 State lawmakers are embracing a proposal to help pay for dog and cat sterilizations by collecting a new annual fee from pet food manufacturers. A panel of Senate lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously endorsed the annual $100 fee on each brand name of pet food distributed in New […]

Here are just a few of the letters to the editor published during the 2018 legislative session by compassionate New Mexicans from all over the state. Saving homeless animals January 30, 2018, The Santa Fe New Mexican Gina rules the house. My husband and I rescued our calico 14 years ago when she was a […]

By Robert Nott | The New Mexican – Jan 30, 2018 A bill to increase fees for pet food distributors to help control dog and cat populations cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday when members of the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee unanimously voted to support it. House Bill 64, sponsored by Reps. Carl Trujillo, […]

Bills would place a $100 fee per year on pet food manufacturers that register each dog and cat food product sold in New Mexico The New Mexico House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee this week unanimously approved House Bill 64, which would establish a spay/neuter funding mechanism identified by a 2011 independent Senate-requested study as […]

Meg Hilling January 25, 2018 06:59 PM FARMINGTON, N.M.  – San Juan County will have to pay more this year for animals in the county’s shelters. For years, the animal shelters in Farmington and Aztec have been working to care for the strays in San Juan County. In a deal worked out with the county, […]

By Jessica Johnson Jan. 14, 2018 Travel New Mexico’s highways, and you’ll witness the tragic reality of dog and cat overpopulation in our state. Skittish homeless animals are often seen running, trying to avoid passing cars. The bodies of those who aren’t so lucky litter our roadsides. This tragic, unnecessary situation is costly on many […]