I have only had one exchange with the person who answers the phone at the sanctuary. Who, represented the "sanctuary" the day I called. I recently placed 5 puppies in good faith with a unidentified "pitbull rescue", whom in turn "sold" the litter to the "sanctuary", whom in turn had them sold before these puppies ever made it there. I am the person who bottle fed these puppies every three hours for 3 weeks after their mother was hit by a car. I have other dogs so I had to find some place for these babies to go that they would be safe from exploitation of fighting, or being mistreated because of the breed they are. I went to see MY BABIES the day after I took them to the fosters house that represent themselves as a rescue.its not the picture of the puppies on the blanket with all the toys they sent us. The empty room with a box, the two empty bowls and a floor covered in puppy pee and poo made me furious. I trusted these people and they sold these puppies. I called the sanctuary to ask if it was true and not only was it true the sanctuary had also already sold the puppies. I am devastated. I was told that adoption fees were appropriate because of the expense the rescue and the sanctuary incur in making sure these puppies are healthy and well... I am positive that neither of these places were out ANYTHING because I incurred all the cost of these puppies well being as well as the hours of caring for them. I love these puppies and I'm devastated that I let them be sold twice . The person on the phone that day said they were accountable to a board of directors. That sort of takes the individual out of the sanctuary theme doesn't it ?
The Heart and Soul Animal Sanctuary is a little slice of heaven for the rescued abused, abandoned and neglected animals of New Mexico. Many species reside here including horses, llamas, goats, cats, dogs, puppies, doves, rabbits, ducks, hens, geese and guinea pigs.
The adoptable ones find a forever home and the others are afforded a lifetime to live out their lives at the free-range sanctuary. There are NO cages for these creatures, just species-specific enclosed habitats where they can function like nature intended them to. You must see it to understand the dedication and hard work that goes into caring for all these animals.
Review from Guidestar