Dawn Allynn

Review of Animal Humane | New Mexico

I have had positive and negative experiences with ...

I have had positive and negative experiences with this group... but overall I think there are spectacular.

We've adopted a couple of dogs from them over the years, sweethearts that can be described more as family than pets.

In the past four years or so I've been managing a feral cat colony, including bringing them into AHNM for their trap/neuter/release program. - and I can't say enough about what a relief this support has been. I couldn't afford to fix these cats on my own, and if I didn't neuter them I would have seen dozens upon dozens of births, and sick and hungry cats. Instead with their help I have managed to keep this colony at a manageable size, which I can feed and care for.

I am also a contact for Ally cat Allies and on occasion I've had calls about sick or injured cats that needed taking in. On one occasion I had a liter of tiny sick kittens that I ended up having to surrender. The surrender fee for the kittens was high, but I am aware that a place that works so hard to keep an animal until it can find a home can get expensive.

I don't always meet smiling faces at AHNM, sometimes I have a bad experience. But I also know that sometimes people have bad days or just don't know how to get along with the public. If it's bad I make a point to let management know. Otherwise I try to remember these people are human too. Over all thee are great people, and this is a great organization that Albuquerque and Bernalillo County would be a sadder place without.