By Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board Wednesday, January 10th, 2018 at 12:02am Welcome to the Land of Enchantment, where: • If you find a wild animal caught in a trap, you can neither free it nor put it out of its misery. • You can kill as many non-game animals – porcupines, prairie dogs, rabbits, ground […]

By Jessica Johnson Dec 31, 2017 Sadly, if you live in New Mexico, you’re no stranger to seeing photos on your social media feed featuring tens of thousands of homeless dogs, cats and litters of puppies and kittens in overcrowded shelters — and nearly half are euthanized every year, despite being healthy and adoptable. You […]

I remember going to the circus as a young girl. My hands, sticky with cotton candy, I clasped with excitement watching the trapeze artists, acrobats and silly clowns. Then the elephants paraded out wearing enormous saddles and headwear, and the ringmaster called for audience members to pay and line up to ride the animals. I […]

SANTA FE – The circus may no longer be allowed to come to town, but dog and pony shows would still be OK. The Santa Fe City Council’s Finance Committee on Monday endorsed without discussion an ordinance amendment to ban traveling animal acts involving wild or exotic animals. Rodeos, dog shows or pig races are […]

SANTA FE – Animal Protection Voters, via its political action committee APV-PAC, announced today its endorsement of Dr. Ray Powell for State Land Commissioner in 2018. As the authority who controls the use and care of 9 million surface acres of state trust land in order to fund childhood education and other public institutions, the […]

A city councilor’s proposal to ban traveling wild-animal acts from performing in Santa Fe cleared its first hurdle Monday night, gaining approval from the city Finance Committee without discussion. Councilor Signe Lindell brought forth legislation earlier this summer that would prohibit circuses, petting zoos, animal acts and other exhibits that include wild or exotic animals. […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bernalillo County commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to move forward with construction of its animal shelter. “It’s an exciting time for the county,” said Greg Perez, deputy county manager for health and public safety. “We’re about to embark on something we haven’t had the opportunity for in the past, which is a […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Animal Welfare officers are looking for a man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s kitten to get back at her. Small, cute and cuddly, that’s how most people would see a pair of kittens, but the Animal Welfare Department said Jesse Dickinson killed one of them by throwing it against a wall in his […]

For all the fuss about “wild” horses, all the money tied up in lawsuits over their place – or lack of one – in the environment, the creatures roaming in pockets across New Mexico endure. For some, that unowned horses remain on federal, state and other land across the state – and the American West […]

On a remote island off the coast of northern Liberia, more than 60 chimpanzees were slowly starving to death. For three decades, the animals were part of a research colony used by the New York Blood Center to test hepatitis B vaccines and other medical treatments. But as the funding for the chimps’ care dwindled […]