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Best Friends’ response to New Mexico and Navajo Nation flooding

Right now, Best Friends’ emergency response team is on the ground in New Mexico and Navajo Nation, working to rescue pets and support impacted animal shelters and rescue groups.

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Here's what we're doing to help the pets and people impacted by New Mexico and Navajo Nation flooding.

Visit Best Friends’ Facebook page for updates and to follow our work on the ground. Working with our local partners, we are committed to providing support and safety to the animals in New Mexico and Navajo Nation flooding.  

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Best Friends Animal Society is responding to severe flooding that is impacting communities across Navajo Nation and western New Mexico. Flooding along the San Juan River is expected to reach catastrophic levels tonight. Best Friends is already on the ground delivering pet food, assessing animal welfare needs, and coordinating support for pets and families affected by the flooding.

In Grants, New Mexico, Best Friends has staff on-site overnight at the shelter ready to assist and house evacuated pets. We will continue working alongside local partners to support pets and the people who care for them as the situation evolves.

Initial flooding in New Mexico at sunset

 What to do if you’ve been impacted

If you’ve been impacted by New Mexico and Navajo Nation flooding, you should follow your city or state guidelines to remain safe. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.  

If you’re evacuating with your pets and you’re not sure what to bring, or if you’re preparing at home and aren’t sure what to do to keep your pets safe, we can help.  

Help your pets in an emergency

Want to help the shelters impacted by the flooding? Here are some ways you can help.

Donate to emergency response efforts 

Make a gift to Best Friends’ emergency response fund to save lives today and in the future.

Your gift brings emergency assistance to animals in the wake of disasters like this one. Donations are used exclusively to support lifesaving work whenever and wherever a catastrophe occurs.

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Who we are

Best Friends Animal Society works alongside thousands of animal shelters, rescue groups and other animal welfare organizations to save the lives of cats and dogs across the country and to make the entire country no-kill. 

As part of our commitment to keep pets safe, Best Friends’ emergency response team works to save lives during natural disasters and emergencies. 

We rescue stranded animals, deliver supplies to hard-hit shelters and rescue groups, transport displaced pets to areas where they’ll be safe, support emergency sheltering efforts and reunite misplaced pets with their families.