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A Labor of Love in Progress
DESERT HAVEN PROVIDES a home-like environment for all companion animals
on a space-available basis. As a no-kill facility, Desert Haven Animal Refuge
operates under specific guidelines to provide a "Haven of Compassion in the
Heart of Desert Country" for unwanted domestic animals. We need continual
funding so we are careful to take in only the number of animals that we can
provide for long-term. Desert Haven receives no financial help from
government entities, local or otherwise. We depend on private and corporate
contributions. A number of fund raising events each year keeps our non-profit,
501(c)(3) organization financially stable.
Our dogs reside at DOG TOWN. "THE INN", an insulated building, provides
individual sleeping quarters with an indoor-outdoor section and access to
community exercise areas. Our canine residents enjoy life with other dogs,
yet can be separated, if necessary, from other groups of various sizes and
temperament. The house-trained dogs who prefer to live in the comfort of a
human home are housed in "GENE'S DOG HOUSE," with free access to the
"Pooch Play Yard."
Photo by Charles Nissen
All play areas enjoy shady spots, cabanas, and platforms - enough for all
dogs to play, exercise, and nap in the fresh air, in plain view of potential
adopters and of visitors who come to groom them and give them individual
attention.
CATS live in the "COOL CAT NEIGHBORHOOD," a 1200 square-foot, 10 foot
high, all-enclosed indoor-outdoor area. Indoor sleeping quarters provide a
picture window and a private, cozy condo for every feline resident. The
Neighborhood also includes a spacious Cat Patio, Cat Walks with cat jungle
gyms, Cat's Meows, ramps, look-outs, and high gang-ways.
BIRDLAND & ANIMAL HOUSE is the all-enclosed housing for our feathered
friends, as well as for the small furry creatures that are relinquished to our
care. Rabbits, guinea pigs, miniature chickens, ring-neck and white doves,
peacocks and more, all live in harmony together in what some of our volunteers
call "The Peaceable Kingdom."
HEALTH AND WELLNESS is a top priority for all the animals who reside at
Desert Haven. With that in mind, the dogs' and cats' vaccinations are kept up
to date and a neuter or spay operation is performed soon after arrival.
Contact Freddie at 575-894-2778 or email Eliana Aubin to ask about adopting
a pet or for more information on any of the programs of the Sierra County
Humane Society or Desert haven Animal Refuge.
| DESERT HAVEN ANIMAL REFUGE Williamsburg, New Mexico SIERRA COUNTY'S NO-KILL DOMESTIC ANIMAL SANCTUARY |
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