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Doña Ana County and NM Dogs offering free straw to insulate outdoor pets
Summary
Doña Ana County Animal Control and NM Dogs will provide free straw to residents to insulate outdoor pet shelters this winter. Straw is available for pickup at the county Animal Control office in Las Cruces Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; callers should check availability before arriving.
Doña Ana County Animal Control, working with nonprofit NM Dogs, is distributing free straw to help residents insulate outdoor pet shelters as desert nights cool.
A staff member with Doña Ana County Animal Control said staff are "bagging up straw so that we can pass it off to you free so you can give Rocco a little extra warmth and coziness in his doghouse this winter." The county said NM Dogs is providing the straw, and Doña Ana County Animal Control will hand it to residents at its Las Cruces office at 2024 East Griggs Avenue.
The program is available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Residents are advised to call (575) 525-8846 before traveling to confirm the county has straw on hand. The announcement did not specify limits on how much straw a household may receive or how long the distribution will continue.
The outreach is framed as a seasonal public-service effort to reduce cold-weather risk for outdoor animals rather than a regulatory action. No vote or formal county action was recorded in the announcement; the recording is a notice of an operational distribution program run by county staff in partnership with NM Dogs.
For more information, residents can contact Doña Ana County Animal Control at the phone number provided or visit the office during posted hours.
