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Search and see photos of adoptable pets in the Rio Rancho, NM area.

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Watermelon Mountain Ranch

3251 Westphalia Blvd NE, Rio Rancho, NM 87144

Contact
Email wmranchnm1@gmail.com
Phone (505) 771-0140
cats & dogs at Watermelon Mountain Ranch
1 - 10 of 62 adoptable pets at this shelter

Areas Watermelon Mountain Ranch serves

Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and surrounding area.

Watermelon Mountain Ranch's adoption process

Additional adoption info

Select a dog or cat, complete a questionaire, complete an adoption contract, and go home with a new family member. Fees vary - please see our website.

About Watermelon Mountain Ranch

Our shelter had it's beginnings in the mid 90's and formally became a nonprofit organization in 2001. The dream of Lee and Sophia DiClemente has grown to be the largest no-kill animal shelter in New Mexico. Lee passed in 2010, but Sophia carries on with the support of a small staff, a large number of volunteers, and numerous donors - large and small.

Watermelon Mountain Ranch's adopted pets

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Adopt a Pet is the easiest way for you to search for a new pet in Rio Rancho, NM.

Support adoption and rescue. Why go to a dog breeder, cat breeder or pet store to buy a dog or buy a cat when you can adopt?

Why should you adopt?

Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life.

What is the difference between adopting a dog, adopting a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder?

When someone is breeding puppies or breeding kittens, they are creating new dogs and cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of dog, cat, puppy or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a dog for sale or buy a cat for sale from a puppy breeder or a kitten breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats who must find homes.

So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder or buying a cat or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog, adopt a cat, adopt a puppy or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.