ANIMAL PROTECTION NEW MEXICO INC
Making sure animals matter in every New Mexican community.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Animals in New Mexico are harmed in countless ways either intentionally, through neglect, or because of long-established and stubborn institutions/systems that have not considered the impact of actions on animals.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Challenging Animal Cruelty
Animal Protection of New Mexico (APNM) works to ensure animals matter in every New Mexican community. Each year APNM responds to thousands of New Mexicans who bring animal welfare concerns to our attention.
APNM’s robust, statewide "cruelty case management system” includes an cruelty hotline. Perfection of this system has led to a heightened community awareness and intolerance of animal cruelty and neglect, an engaged and active public that regularly reports animal cruelty, prosecution of and consequences for animal abusers, and relief for animals removed from cruel and neglectful circumstances.
However, challenging animal cruelty doesn’t stop with the day-to-day response to animal cruelty reports from around the state. APNM uses information gathered through the cruelty hotlines to plan and implement its deeper outreach into New Mexican communities in need. Long-term improvement in the wellbeing of animals in New Mexico is driven by the hotlines.
These efforts include:
• creating new programs to address urgent needs, such as safe havens for animals of domestic violence victims and lifesaving services for families struggling to care for horses;
• delivering effective educational outreach to youth and families;
• strengthening local and state animal policies and laws;
• organizing crucial training for law enforcement agencies and others involved in New Mexico’s criminal justice system.
Many people living in other states have said, "I wish we had an APNM in our state.”
Teaching Compassion for Animals
Animal Protection of New Mexico (APNM) is committed to providing quality educational services to New Mexicans of all ages and backgrounds, focusing its efforts in communities where animal abuse and neglect is endemic, as measured by the APNM animal cruelty hotline and by media reports, and where opportunities arise. APNM’s educational outreach components include: (a) EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS: APNM delivers live presentations in Bernalillo County Community centers that use audio-visual aids to imbue upon youth the importance of responsible companion animal care; presentations provide information on the realities of pet overpopulation and the importance of spay/neuter programs; the program collaborates with therapy dog organizations and gives youth the opportunity to observe the proper and careful methods of interaction with companion animals;
(b) SCHOOL BASED INTERVENTIONS: APNM implements 4-week and 12-week pilot programs in targeted elementary schools that teach students to understand the realities involved in caring for animals; lesson plans meet statewide educational standards and benchmarks; students gain empathy for animals and engage in team projects that teach math, research and communication skills; follow up programs are offered to 7th and 11th grade students in the same school system, providing the opportunity to measure longitudinal changes in knowledge and attitudes among the participants;
(c) COMMUNITY OUTREACH: APNM maintains a presence at numerous community events throughout the state; tabling and information dissemination occurs throughout the year at
schools, universities, and community events;
(d) NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY OUTREACH: Upon request, Animal Protection of New Mexico is providing educational outreach to New Mexico's Native American communities. Areas of interest include: the availability of spay/neuter and vaccination services, socializing dogs through good stewardship and loose dog/bite safety for children.
Protecting Horses, Mules and Donkeys
Animal Protection of New Mexico (APNM) is committed to protecting from harm New Mexico’s equines, reminding New Mexicans of equines’ crucial role in New Mexico’s history and heritage. Drought and economic recession have contributed greatly to problems for horses and horse owners throughout the state. Reacting to the lack of comprehensive program services for equines in New Mexico, APNM developed two key initiatives:
(a) EQUINE PROTECTION PROGRAM, which seeks to address the long-term needs of equines in New Mexico by creating effective programs that keep equines with their families and out of the
slaughter pipeline;
(b) THE EQUINE PROTECTION FUND (EPF): In 2018 the EPF passed the milestone of bringing relief to over 1,000 equines! The EPF was set up through the New Mexico Community Foundation and makes designated contributions to APNM for the purposes of feed assistance, gelding assistance and veterinary services for equine shelters, individuals and for agencies enforcing animal cruelty laws. APNM processes the applications with a quick turn-around to help struggling families provide quality care for their equines, and to assist shelters and agencies with equine-related assistance. Programs currently available include temporary help feeding equines, subsidies for a veterinarian to geld stallions/jacks, and subsidies for humane euthanasia and disposition of elderly/ill equines. The EPF also maintains a statewide Volunteer Network, caring individuals throughout the state that receive and respond to emails about urgent needs for neighboring equines, which may range from transportation and feed to warming blankets and temporary housing. The EPF seeks to raise additional funds to keep up with high demand for assistance and implement and expand other assistance services. Learn more at www.EquineProtection(http://www.equineprotection/) Fund.org.
Protecting Animals in Science
APNM’s newest program, Protecting Animals in Science, was launched to uncover, understand, and reduce invasive animal experiments conducted in New Mexico and beyond. Building on APNM’s decades of advocating for animals harmed in laboratories, this program reveals the painful and wasteful animal experiments in New Mexico and beyond.
In the United States, animal experiments are conducted for purposes of biomedical, military, agriculture, behavioral and cognitive research, and chemical and product testing. Despite their widespread use, the results from animal experimentation for human disease research are not predictive of results in humans. In fact, hundreds of millions of animals are used and killed in experiments in federal, state, and privately-owned laboratories throughout the United States each year.
In New Mexico, a large variety of animals are experimented on in laboratories despite the scientific inapplicability of animal experimentation to humans and non-animal alternatives.
Promoting Coexistence with Wildlife
APNM works to promote coexistence between human communities and New Mexico’s wild species, particularly historical "problem” animals including cougar, bear, coyote, beaver, and prairie dog. Reflecting a philosophy of collaboration rather than confrontation, APNM has worked with
governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and the public to create and manage the following programs:
(a) COUGAR SMART NEW MEXICO – A coordinated effort between APNM and state and federal land management agencies to educate on safety when recreating in cougar country and to promote coexistence rather than persecution of New Mexico’s native cougar populations;
(b) LIVIING WITH BEAVERS – APNM has developed resources and materials to assist property owners on resolving conflicts with beaver via nonlethal methods and to promote the ecological benefits of beaver activity;
(c) TRAP FREE NEW MEXICO – APNM is a member of the TrapFreeNM coalition, which seeks to end the cruel, dangerous, and unsustainable practice of trapping and poisoning wildlife on New Mexico’s public lands;
(d) BANNING KILLING CONTESTS - In 2019, APNM and its legislative arm, Animal Protection Voters, as well as many other partners across the state, succeeded in banning coyote killing contests in New Mexico. NM became only the 3rd state to ban these grotesque body-count contests;
(e) WILDLIFE ADVOCACY – APNM works with other advocacy groups, agencies, and the public to promote nonlethal and humane management of wild species whenever possible.
Building Foundations to Keep Animals Safe
Improving the lives of animals and those who care about them in towns throughout New Mexico through a variety of community-based projects and initiatives: Improving local animal control ordinances; funding law enforcement training for animal control/welfare officers; providing safe and secure fencing so people have alternatives to chaining their dogs; supporting local animal shelters; promoting spay-neuter initiatives. Humane Communities initiatives are pursued in numerous locations, including McKinley, Valencia, Mora, San Miguel, Guadalupe, and Santa Fe Counties.
Changing Laws to Change Lives
Through Animal Protection Voters, improving local, state and federal laws that impact animals' lives.
Honoring Champions for Animals
About every four to five years, Animal Protection of New Mexico honors champions for animals in up to 13 categories at its Milagro Awards gala. Honoree categories include Advocacy Award, Animal Award, Direct Animal Services Award, Humane Citizen Award, Media Award, Law Enforcement Award, Humane Education Award, Mary Jane Garcia Champion for Animals Award, Lawmaking Advocacy Award, Board of Directors' Award, Executive Director's Award, Spirit of the Mission Award, Youth Award. A comprehensive documentary is created and published about each winner.
Promoting Plant-Based Eating
APNM's plant-based eating program promotes the many benefits of plant-based eating and is aimed at reforming the practices within New Mexico institutions that will lead to a meaningful shift in how and what people eat in our state. When it comes to animal abuse, there is none more systematic, extensive, or harmful than that perpetrated on farmed animals who wind up as food for Americans. While the misery experienced by farmed animals is unmatched in scope, animal-based food is also responsible for causing unparalleled sickness and death in those who eat animals and their byproducts. In addition, animal agriculture's disastrous contribution to climate-changing methane gas levels in the atmosphere and pollution are well-documented. This combination makes reforming/altering Americans’ diets a significant matter of justice for animals, a matter of planetary survival, and a matter of quality and length of life for humans.
Where we work
Awards
Nonprofit of the Year Honoree 2021
Albuquerque Business First
External reviews
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of policies formally blocked
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Changing Laws to Change Lives
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Massive push back on NIH decision to not retire chimps to sanctuary
Number of policies formally established
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Building Foundations to Keep Animals Safe
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Spay/Neuter funding mechanism established; CARE services state funding continued; Santa Fe City ban on chaining & established extreme weather provisions; NMDGF wildlife euthanasia policy.
Number of community events or trainings held and attendance
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Humane education presentations, Animal Control Officer/Law enforcement training, Lobby training/outreach, Plant-based eating events & demonstrations, virtual town hall events.
Number of groups/individuals benefiting from tools/resources/education materials provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Equine Protect. Fund, Cruelty Hotline, CARE helpline, Education programs, straw fund, Lobby training, S/N clinics, Humane Communities, chimps to sanctuary, plant-based eating demos/training, website.
Number of law enforcement agencies assisted in animal cruelty cases
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Challenging Animal Cruelty
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Number of rewards offered in conjunction with law enforcement agencies. Two cases related to horses, one horse stabbed and butchered and two others shot at.
Number of program/model/intervention innovations
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Process documentation, system security, budget discipline, Equine and APNM endowment growth, continuous improvement, data collection, virtual fundraising and donor stewardship, new CRM.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Ensuring crimes against animals are taken seriously, elevating animal protection issues in the public consciousness, institutionalizing the humane treatment of animals/conservation of wildlife and funding for it, challenging the use of government resources to harm animals.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Seek collaboration, address relevant issues, garner diversified support, establish infrastructure and create/implement effective solutions, remove barriers to change, engage advocates in policy-making, recognize partners and champions. Adhere to a discipline in which every employee and contractor has production goals that collectively support the organization's mission.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
APNM's staff members and long-term contractors have extensive experience in non-profit management, financial management, outreach, education, advocacy, public engagement and creating solutions to public policy issues. APNM has been in business since 1979, and its budget has been consistently increasing since the organization's inception. APNM has established a healthy operating reserve to ensure financial stability, has established a supporting organization since 2001 for financial stability (called APNM Foundation), and created a legislative arm, Animal Protection Voters, in 2002 to augment its program implementation. This combined "suite" of organizations creates a strategic depth and breadth that has ensured success on almost every campaign/program pursued in recent years. APNM has an uncanny ability to create broad and diverse coalitions that lead to success.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In the last decade:
Helped over 2,500 equines, created equine fund in NM Livestock Board, secured $250,000 for horse shelters, created equine tax check-off, created bilingual Equine Care guide, gave equine cruelty investigation training, thwarted attempt to open horse slaughter plant.
Created helpline, NM network of >100 facilities to provide safe haven to animals of domestic violence victims, secured $50,000/year state $ for program, assisted hundreds of families/animals with lifesaving referrals/direct services. Launched Humane Communities initiatives (Valencia, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Mora, McKinley Counties (supporting shelters, communities).
Banned cockfighting & horse tripping, coyote killing contests and traps, poisons @ snares on public lands, passed felony animal cruelty law, created Animal Sheltering Board (ensuring humane euthanasia of dogs/cats), created tax check-off for spay-neuter, passed spay/neuter funding mechanism, passed antifreeze safety law. Killed several bills bad for animals (anti-whistleblower bill, pro-slaughter bills, bill to remove cougar protections, right to hunt).
Staff full-time animal cruelty hotline (handle ~600 calls/year), created cruelty investigations training manual & distributed to every law enforcement officer in state. Anti-cruelty investigation training given to hundreds across 82 agencies. Established 3 equipment caches for large-scale cases like hoarding, animal fighting. Offer rewards to solve cruelty cases.
Led robust campaign that led to NIH's decision to stop invasive research on chimps in US. Dozens now safe in sanctuary.
Deliver 12-wk & 4-wkk The Animal Connection curriculum directly tied to education department requirements, reach over 800 people annually in schools & elsewhere.
Created information on practical solutions to beaver problems, created Cougar Smart New Mexico poster/material to teach public how to safely live/recreate in cougar country. Distributed thousands of educational backpack tags to students. Sued agencies to stop cougar trapping.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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ANIMAL PROTECTION NEW MEXICO INC
Board of directorsas of 11/21/2023
Anne Coller
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Anne Coller
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Tom Alexander
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Dr. Susan Diaz
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Joan David
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Andrew Rudnick
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Board leadership practices
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CEO oversight
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Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
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Equity strategies
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- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.