New Mexico has the highest rate of pet abandonment of any state in the U.S., says Sunny Aris of AnimalVillageNM.That startling statistic speaks to the size of the problem her nonprofit organization has been working on since 2007, subsidizing over 10,000 spay-neuter surgeries for low-income pet guardians.To help cover the considerable amount of taking animals to kennels and paying for them to undergo and recover from surgery, AnimalVillageNM is having an online Pet Store & Art Auction. Bids on items from a pet store inventory donated to them, along with antiques, jewelry and art, can be made at AlbuquerqueAuctionAddiction.com until Sept. 24.”We've helped every single county in New Mexico,” Aris said. “And then we also stock Otero County and Lincoln County food banks with pet food. We're the only ones that do that, and the folks at the food banks tell us that more than 80 percent of their clients needing food for their families also ask for food for their pets.”All proceeds from the auction pay for transporting what Aris called “death row pets” to kennels in New Mexico, Colorado and Utah.”We are trying to prevent the death of animals who are here offering the only unconditional love that any human has in their entire life,” Aris said. “They are just here to love us.”For more information on this organization online, go to their website at AnimalVillageNM.org.
New Mexico has the highest rate of pet abandonment of any state in the U.S., says Sunny Aris of AnimalVillageNM.
That startling statistic speaks to the size of the problem her nonprofit organization has been working on since 2007, subsidizing over 10,000 spay-neuter surgeries for low-income pet guardians.
To help cover the considerable amount of taking animals to kennels and paying for them to undergo and recover from surgery, AnimalVillageNM is having an online Pet Store & Art Auction. Bids on items from a pet store inventory donated to them, along with antiques, jewelry and art, can be made at AlbuquerqueAuctionAddiction.com until Sept. 24.
“We've helped every single county in New Mexico,” Aris said. “And then we also stock Otero County and Lincoln County food banks with pet food. We're the only ones that do that, and the folks at the food banks tell us that more than 80 percent of their clients needing food for their families also ask for food for their pets.”
All proceeds from the auction pay for transporting what Aris called “death row pets” to kennels in New Mexico, Colorado and Utah.
“We are trying to prevent the death of animals who are here offering the only unconditional love that any human has in their entire life,” Aris said. “They are just here to love us.”
For more information on this organization online, go to their website at AnimalVillageNM.org.
