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Come Visit Us!We are 30 miles west of Gallup, NM and 100 miles east of Flagstaff, AZ. Call our President, Tamara @ (928) 337-2828 for more detailed directions.
Who We AreBlackhat Humane Society is a non-profit organization established in 2000. We are dedicated to rescuing and finding homes for abandoned animals and livestock. We are the only Humane Society on the Navajo Reservation (an area roughly the size of West Virginia). We have a tremendous problem with pet overpopulation. Cats and dogs are allowed to breed freely and survive on "what they can catch". Puppies and kittens are routinely dumped at local gas stations and grocery stores. Parvo, distemper, mange and untreated injuries are the cause of death for most companion animals. It is rare to see a dog or cat over 2 years of age. Once the backbone of the Navajo economy, horses, sheep and cattle now roam the open range, foraging for food.Our goals include; education for all ages but concentrating on school-age children and a mobile clinic. We also need volunteers to help produce videos (in English and Navajo) which will be shown in the local chapterhouses and in our schools. We are in need of volunteers and donations. Blankets, food, dog houses and crates, vet supplies and medications are helpful to our cause. If you are interested in visiting us as a volunteer, accomodations are available. Adopting a FriendRescued animals are fostered in the homes of our volunteers. Here, they are given vaccinations, spayed or neutered, and taught the "social graces" neccessary to living in our world. Please contact the foster family of the animal in which you're interested for information. Our adoption fee is $75.
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News!
Thank you to the Colorado Animal Welfare League (CAWL) for providing a high-volume, high-quality spay/neuter mash style clinic in Chinle, on November 19-20, 2011!160 animals received services on that weekend. Find out more about the very imporant and needed services and education that CAWL is bringing to several communities including Shiprock and Chinle. Here is an article on the CAWL web site. And here is one on the ASPCA web site about the same program. Thank you veterinarians, and volunteers!
2012 Dogs of the Navajo Calendar!
Read a wonderful story about a meeting with a Rez dog, published in the Buffalo News on October 25, 2011, which also mentions the new 2012 Dogs of the Navajo calendar. Read the story online here. The work of Blackhat Humane Society has been featured in an article published September 14, 2011, in the Gallup Independent. You can see a pdf of the article here. Blackhat Humane in the news: in an article entitled Too Many Animals Still Roam the Navajo Reservation, by Michelle Tirado, published on February 25, 2011, in the American Indian Report. Blackhat Humane Winter 2010 Newsletter!More News... | ||||||