Last year, your response to our Clinic Capital Campaign Matching Grant was remarkable. In three short months we received $100,000 in matching gifts. Together we turned $100,000 into $200,000. These funds allowed Animal Humane | New Mexico to renovate our veterinary clinic and to reopen for low-income clients in mid-October 2007. Now fully operational, the response has been overwhelming, proving the great need for this service in our community.

We’re very proud of what we’ve accomplished with your help, but there’s more work to be done. We have only $200,000 left to raise towards our $1.025M Clinic Capital Campaign goal, and three donors have already generously contributed a dollar-for-dollar $100,000 matching grant towards this goal. Your donation today will ensure that we meet our campaign goal and that we continue to provide valuable medical care for pets and pet owners in our community.

If you believe in our work and want to aid our accomplishments, please make a donation today using the PayPal link below! All gifts, both small and large, will be doubled with this extraordinary matching grant.

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The Animal Humane of New Mexico has been serving the Greater Albuquerque area since 1965. During our 41 year history, we have provided sheltering, adoption and spay/neuter services to tens of thousands of dogs and cats.

This year, we are expanding those services to include low-cost veterinary services for qualified, low-income pet owners. We believe all pet owners, regardless of their income level, should have access to quality medical care for their pets. Before our clinic renovation gets underway, we wanted to reach out to everyone in the local veterinary community to give you a clear understanding of what our practice’s goals and guidelines are. The Clinic’s goals are to:

- Reduce the pain and suffering of pets in need of basic veterinary care
- Reduce the number of pets surrendered to our shelter simply because the owners cannot afford medical care
- Increase the number of pets spayed or neutered by requiring and providing these services.

While several clinics in town offer low cost services to pet owners, our guidelines dictate that we will be serving ONLY low-income pet owners who provide us proof of their low-income status, such as Medicaid, WIC, LI-Heap, SSI, SSDI, APS School Lunch Program, TANF, Food Stamps, etc. This is an underserved population. According to their need, we will provide basic veterinary care at low cost or no cost.

In addition, our clients must agree to have their pets spayed or neutered by us either at the time of service or as soon as they are healthy enough to undergo the procedure. By making this a requirement for service, we will provide another mechanism for reducing the pet overpopulation epidemic in Albuquerque.

The clinic is scheduled to open in early Fall of this year. We believe it will benefit the veterinary community by reducing the amount of unreimbursed care currently being provided.

We are also pleased to announce that we have raised over $645,000 of our $1,025,000 Capital Campaign goal and with your help we can do even more! A generous Animal Humane donor has designated $100,000 to Animal Humane to match all gifts of $100 or more. We can turn the $100,000 contribution into $200,000 and take a significant step towards making our clinic a reality.