Action for Animals (APA) Mission and Vision

Our mission is to offer lifesaving programs and services to rescue at-risk companion animals in Doña Ana County and support people and their pets in living healthy and happy lives together. We envision a time when all companion animals in our community are treated with respect and kindness.

Since May 2012, we have rescued more than 6,600 animals.

The majority of these have been dogs and cats/kittens pulled from our municipal shelter.

We can do this through the tireless work of our staff, foster families, and volunteers, and because of the support of our donors. The APA Adoption and Education Center is located at 537 N. Solano Dr. and is open Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Saturday from 11 to 3 or by appointment.

Info line:  575-644-0505; adoption center:  575-571-4654; e-mail:  mail@apalascruces.org.

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ACTion Programs for Animals

Services and programs we offer: We rescue dogs and cats, primarily from the shelter, to offer for adoption. We also run the local pet food bank, the Prisoners and Animals Working Toward Success (P.A.W.S.) prison dog training program, and our Second Chance Thrift Store. This is a page for those interested in and supporters of ACTion Programs for Animals in Las Cruces, New Mexico. We hope that you will interact with the content on this page. If you choose to leave a comment, you are agreeing to our community guidelines policy, outlined below. We reserve the right to delete posts on our page containing any of the following elements: -racist/hate speech - profanity - misinformation - spam - off-topic/irrelevant including self-promotional posts not having to do with animals or the organization - personal attacks - promoting violence - promoting illegal or questionable activities - rallying on behalf of people or organizations which support animal abuse - circulation of photos that depict animal cruelty If you violate this policy, you will be removed from our page. You will also be removed if you repeatedly harass the organization or others in the comment section. We encourage open discussion and engagement, which includes disagreement, but we will not tolerate the use of our page to harass or taunt others. We appreciate your cooperation and support!
ACTion Programs for Animals
ACTion Programs for Animals9 hours ago
We had three kitten adoptions today! Congrats to the babies and best of luck in their new homes!! 😻🐾❤️
#kittenseason2025 #adoptashelterkitten #adopttwokittens #ittakesacommunity #volunteersmakeadifference #fosteringsaveslives #donationsappreciated #donationsneeded
ACTion Programs for Animals
ACTion Programs for Animals10 hours ago
Special thanks to Cocos Beans Studio for making our kitties these gorgeous ceramic bowls! 😻😻😻
ACTion Programs for Animals
ACTion Programs for Animals2 days ago
Starting in 2026, our days and hours of operations for the adoption center and pet food bank are changing. And we are always willing to come in by appointment for adoptions to work with your schedule. Thanks to Fetching Designs for doing our new signs! 🐾🧡🐾
ACTion Programs for Animals
ACTion Programs for Animals2 days ago
Cat and kitten room photo shoot at the end of the day yesterday ... we have soooo many lovely felines ready for a home! 😻
#catrescue #kittenseason2025 #adoptasheltercat #adoptashelterkitten #adopttwokittens #volunteersmakeadifference #ittakesacommunity #donationsmakeadifference

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ACTion Programs for Animals is working hard to help our community reach a No Kill status (saving 90+% of our sheltered animals’ lives) as quickly as possible.

Services and programs we offer: pet food bank, low-cost dog and cat vaccination clinics, Second Chance Dogs rescue program for formerly abused dogs, APA Rescue Program.

campaign which pulls at-risk animals from our municipal shelter to lower our kill rate.

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