Rescue Groups

The following groups work in partnership with the Albuquerque Animal Care Center.

Dogs and Cats

• New Mexico Animal Friends
• Watermelon Mountain Ranch
• People’s Anti-Cruelty Association
• ANEW (Animal Network Efforts by Women) and The ARC (All Rescue Cats)
• Save Our Strays
• Rio Grande Animal Humane Association
• Jemez Valley Animal Amigos

Dogs

• CARMA
• East Side Herding
• Central New Mexico Brittany Club
• Pick of the Pound
• Bridging the Worlds
• Lap Dog Rescue of NM

Cats

• Albuquerque Cat Action Team

Specific Breeds

Airedale Terriers
SouthWest Airedale Terrier Rescue

Akitas
NM Akita Rescue Group 

Alaskan Malamutes
Alaskan Malamute Rescue of NM

Australian Cattle Dogs
Bro and Tracy

Basset Hounds
Basset Hound Rescue of NM

Beagles
NM Beagle Rescue

Boston Terriers
Boston Terrier Rescue of NM

Boxers
Boxer Rescue of Albuquerque

Chesapeake Bay Retrievers
Chesapeake Bay Retriever Relief & Rescue

Chihuahuas
Quixote Humane Incorporated

Collies
Southwest Collie Rescue

Dachshunds
NM Dachshund Rescue

Dalmatians
Dalmatian Rescue of Albuquerque

Dobermans
Doberman Rescue of NM

Golden Retrievers
Golden Retriever Rescue of NM

Great Danes
Great Dane Rescue of the Southwest

Greyhounds
Greyhound Companions of NM
NM Greyhound Connection

Keeshonds
NM Keeshond Rescue 

Labrador Retrievers
Lodestar Dog Ranch

Pit Bulls
Duke City APBT Club

Pugs
NM Pug Rescue

Samoyeds
Samoyed Rescue of NM

Schipperkes
Chile Dog Schipperke Rescue

Schnauzers
Schnauzer Rescue and Adoption

Siberian Huskies
Siberian Husky Rescue of NM

Standard Poodles
Poodles of the Serengeti

Exotic Animals

Marian Hamburg: redcoyotesden@yahoo.com

Birds of Prey

Talking Talons

Turtles and Tortoises

Rio Grande Turtle and Tortoise Club

Rabbits

Margo DeMello: margo@rabbit.org

If your group would like to be included on this list, please call AACC Program Manager Tom Sullivan at 768-1944 or email him at tsullivan@cabq.gov.