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LAS CRUCES — Animal advocates across the state have a new way to help reduce overpopulation of stray cats and dogs - mobile spay and neuter services that can come into low-income or remote neighborhoods.

Mike Hainer, president of the Humane Society of Southern New Mexico, announced a partnership with the Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society to fund a van to spay and neuter pets in southern New Mexico this winter.

Advocates hope the service will reduce overpopulation and lower the euthanasia rate across the region.

The van will provide free and low-cost spaying and neutering beginning next month, said Duane Adams, executive director of the Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society.

The van and staff will be available to interested agencies from mid-January to mid-March. It also will provide vaccinations.

Organizers hope to visit eight southern New Mexico communities before March.

Marcia Weist, director of the Humane Society of Southern New Mexico, said 60 percent of the animals that come through the Do¤a Ana County shelter are taken from rural areas.

While low-cost spay and neuter services are available in the city, the van will allow the service to be provided where it's most needed, she said.