Our MIssion:
Founded in 1998, the Chama Valley Humane Society is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) organization supported entirely through fundraising, private donations, and occasional grants.
Our mission is to provide no-kill solutions to reduce the population of homeless cats and dogs by sponsoring a spay and neuter program for companion pets and feral cats, working with regional shelters and foster homes to rehabilitate and rehome animals, and educating those in the community we serve about responsible pet ownership.
We serve a 600-square-mile area of northern Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. We support a low-cost spay-neuter program for community pet owners to help defray the costs associated with sterilization. To obtain a voucher, please call 888-666-0641 and leave a callback number (on our mailbox 1. We will return your call (make sure you have a working mailbox—we will only make one call back) and send you a voucher by mail once we obtain the information we need. You may also pick up a voucher at the Chama Library during working hours (now on Highway 17/Terrace Avenue in Chama) or from the Friends of the Library Bookstore (on the corner of Terrace and 5th Avenue).
We do not have a shelter for housing animals, but we try to take in all animals we can from the Village of Chama holding facility as well as strays and unwanted animals throughout our region. Depending on our available foster homes, we foster animals until they can be adopted or transferred to no- or low-kill shelters or rescues. We focus on puppies and kittens, as these are more adoptable and easier to transfer, which means they do not tie up our foster homes for as long a period.
Thank you for your support!
Our mission is to provide no-kill solutions to reduce the population of homeless cats and dogs by sponsoring a spay and neuter program for companion pets and feral cats, working with regional shelters and foster homes to rehabilitate and rehome animals, and educating those in the community we serve about responsible pet ownership.
We serve a 600-square-mile area of northern Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. We support a low-cost spay-neuter program for community pet owners to help defray the costs associated with sterilization. To obtain a voucher, please call 888-666-0641 and leave a callback number (on our mailbox 1. We will return your call (make sure you have a working mailbox—we will only make one call back) and send you a voucher by mail once we obtain the information we need. You may also pick up a voucher at the Chama Library during working hours (now on Highway 17/Terrace Avenue in Chama) or from the Friends of the Library Bookstore (on the corner of Terrace and 5th Avenue).
We do not have a shelter for housing animals, but we try to take in all animals we can from the Village of Chama holding facility as well as strays and unwanted animals throughout our region. Depending on our available foster homes, we foster animals until they can be adopted or transferred to no- or low-kill shelters or rescues. We focus on puppies and kittens, as these are more adoptable and easier to transfer, which means they do not tie up our foster homes for as long a period.
Thank you for your support!
ABOUT US
In 2025, Chama Humane:
• Provided vouchers for 181 spay/neuter surgeries, 99 of which have been used to date.
• Rescued 101 animals—53 dogs and 48 cats.
• Adopted out 39 animals
• Transferred 38 animals to other NM rescues or shelters.
• Transferred 11 animals out of state
• Lost 1 young, emaciated dog to Parvo
• Trapped, neutered, and released (or rehomed) 25 free-roaming cats
• Euthanized 2 very ill stray cats (leukemia)
• Provided food for 1,330 non-unique animals from 305 non-unique households in 8 communities,
as well as straw in winter months, through our monthly Pet Pantry
• Provided 164 free core vaccines and low cost-rabies for 101 animals at two shot clinics
• Facilitated the rehoming of 2 animals
• Helped reunite 20 lost animals with owners.
• Provided vouchers for 181 spay/neuter surgeries, 99 of which have been used to date.
• Rescued 101 animals—53 dogs and 48 cats.
• Adopted out 39 animals
• Transferred 38 animals to other NM rescues or shelters.
• Transferred 11 animals out of state
• Lost 1 young, emaciated dog to Parvo
• Trapped, neutered, and released (or rehomed) 25 free-roaming cats
• Euthanized 2 very ill stray cats (leukemia)
• Provided food for 1,330 non-unique animals from 305 non-unique households in 8 communities,
as well as straw in winter months, through our monthly Pet Pantry
• Provided 164 free core vaccines and low cost-rabies for 101 animals at two shot clinics
• Facilitated the rehoming of 2 animals
• Helped reunite 20 lost animals with owners.
Our MIssion:
A Non-Profit (501(c)(3) Organization, founded in 1998
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