As used in the Pet Sterilization Act: A. 'animal' means a cat or dog; B. 'animal shelter' means any animal facility operated privately or by or for a municipality or county, in which stray, lost or unwanted animals are kept and released for adoption; C. 'sterilization' means rendering an animal unable to reproduce, either by the spaying of a female animal or by the neutering of a male animal; and D. 'sterilization deposit' means that portion of the adoption fee charged by the animal shelter when a person adopts an unsterilized animal; the 'sterilization deposit' is refunded when the animal is sterilized. History: Laws 1993, ch. 43, § 2.
New Mexico Legal Code