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Stray Hearts Animal Shelter
Help Taos animals by adopting a pet, fostering, volunteering, or helping a local family keep their animal at home.
More Than a Shelter
Helping animals, and the people who care for them
Stray Hearts is a socially conscious animal shelter and adoption center serving Taos and nearby communities. Its work includes caring for lost, surrendered and homeless dogs and cats, reuniting pets with their families, facilitating adoptions and fostering, and connecting local pet owners with practical resources.
The shelter also operates a Community Pet Food Bank and provides community support that includes vaccinations, microchips and access to pet-care resources.
Current dogs and cats are maintained on Stray Hearts' official adoption pages.
Temporary foster homes help animals while Stray Hearts provides approved medical care, food and supplies.
Free pet food helps local households care for animals during periods of financial need.
Vaccinations, microchips and practical resources support responsible pet ownership.
Community Impact
Helping pets stay home
The Community Pet Food Bank helps families keep pets fed and at home. These are Stray Hearts' reported 2025 program figures.
Community Pet Food Bank
Sometimes helping an animal means helping its family
Stray Hearts operates a free Community Pet Food Bank at the shelter. The program is designed to help people keep their pets fed and at home during difficult periods.
Learn about the Pet Food Bank →Ways to Help
You do not have to adopt to make a difference
The main action rail above connects directly to Stray Hearts. This section explains what each kind of involvement means.
Adopt
Give a dog or cat a permanent home through Stray Hearts' official adoption process.
Foster
Provide temporary care while Stray Hearts supplies approved medical support, food and supplies.
Volunteer
Support dog walking, cat socialization, enrichment, outreach, events and other shelter needs.
Support
Financial contributions go directly through Stray Hearts' official giving platform, not through HeyTaos.
Accountability & Transparency
See the organization behind the work
Stray Hearts is operated by the Humane Society of Taos, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Its official site publishes leadership and board information, strategic planning materials, IRS Form 990 filings, impact reports and an operating-budget narrative.
EIN: 85-0342062
Help Taos Animals
Choose a next step
Start an adoption, give your time, or support Stray Hearts directly. HeyTaos sends you to the organization's own systems for every action.
HeyTaos does not receive a commission from donations made to Stray Hearts. Contributions are made directly to the organization through its official giving platform.
Information reviewed September 30, 2026. Adoption and service hours can change. Confirm current information with Stray Hearts before visiting.
Official sources: Stray Hearts, Community Pet Food Bank, Dogs for Adoption, Cats for Adoption.