Animal Control
Mission Statement
The mission of the Alamogordo Animal Shelter is to provide the citizens of Alamogordo with quality animal control and to educate the public in its awareness of animal laws, ordinances, and controlling the pet population.
Animal Control Ordinances
To impound stray animals within Alamogordo; to increase public health by reducing the spread of animal-borne disease, such as rabies, plague, hookworm, roundworm and other parasites or disease that can be transmitted to humans; to be deterrent to violators of animals ordinances by issuing citations to offenders; and to provide a safe, humane facility for impoundment, adoption and occasional euthanization of stray animals.