HDCRA is a New Mexico non-profit organization whose mission is to provide shelter, medical care (including spay/neuter procedures and testing for FIV and feline leukemia), and safe and loving homes for sick, abandoned and otherwise neglected cats and kittens. High Desert foster parents provide temporary homes, food, and love, medicine, and prepare our cats for adoption. HDCRA is a no-kill rescue; we do not euthanize animals except in cases of severe and untreatable medical problems. Once a cat is in our system, we do everything possible to ensure that it finds a loving forever home and that its medical and behavioral needs are met.
To adopt a cat from HDCRA, you will go through this process: 1. Discuss your desires with an adoption counselor, who will tell you about cats or kittens that will most likely be a fit. 2. Fill out an adoption application designed to find out about yourself and your home environment, to ensure that the cat/kitten you want to adopt is the right one. 3. Receive approval to adopt from HDCRA. 4. Spend time getting acquainted with the cat(s) you wish to adopt. 5. Sign an adoption contract and pay the adoption fee. You will be given a copy of the cat's medical records, including rabies tag (except for a kitten that is too young to get the rabies vaccine).