18-05-2025
Winrock hosts event teaching community to live alongside wildlife
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – City officials were down at Winrock Saturday morning, teaching humans the best way to live alongside some of our smaller and wilder neighbors. 'Urban wildlife are the critters that you would often encounter, for example, in your backyard. Like squirrels and bunnies and raccoons and maybe even coyotes. We know there are ways to peacefully coexist with those animals,' says Stacy Sutton-Kerby, chief government affairs officer with Animal Protection Voters.
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Along with learning about the city's wild animals, community members also got to learn about some recent legislation aimed at helping our pets. 'With the passage of House Bill 115, the state set aside $5 million for animal care and animal control providers. I'm talking about our shelters, our rescues, nonprofits that do things like spay/neuter and microchip,' Sutton-Kerby says.
Another law passed this session made it easier for law enforcement to go after organized dog and cock-fighting rings.
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