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/Thursday/Saturday from 11 to 4 and by appointment at 575-644-0505.

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

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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 Animals9 hours ago

Please tune in tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. with our friends at Hot 103 and our dedicated host, Monica, for our Pet-of-the-Week (POW). Meet Raya! She is a 5.5 year-old gal who recently graduated from our Southern New Mexico PAWS prison training program. Raya is still working on her doggy social skills, and she acts much younger than her age. She's a loving gal who will make a wonderful addition to her new family. 🐾🧡🐾
We also have our ongoing APA Recurring Donor Hero donation campaign. We HONESTLY need the support of many more in our community to continue our lifesaving work in DAC and avoid possible emergency operations or intake freezes, etc. It's stressful always being one disaster away from these dire conditions. 😞
Learn more about how to sign up here:
https://apalascruces.org/become-a-recurring-donor/
#dogrescue #adoptdontshop #ittakesavillage #volunteersmakeadifference #donationsmakeadifference

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ACTion Programs for Animals11 hours ago

Our old dryer is no longer worth fixing each time it breaks--which is often now. We're going to get a new Speed Queen light commercial one to replace this old one soon. The total cost will be $1600+ with delivery and setup. Any contributions toward this need are greatly appreciated:
https://apalascruces.networkforgood.com/projects/11006-action-programs-for-animals
Our daily laundry at our facility is constant and hard on our washers and dryers. We've moved to using Speed Queen light commercial options because we can't afford larger capacity commercial ones. Maybe someday!
#dogrescue #catrescue #volunteersmakeadifference #donationsappreciated #donationsneeded

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ACTion Programs for Animals13 hours ago

Please participate today at the Chick-fil-A on Lohman! Our friends there included our rack cards in the gift you'll get with your purchase for going through the drive-thru with your pooch. 🐾❤️🐾
#businesspartners #ittakesacommunity #dogrescue #donationsneeded #donationsappreciated

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ACTion Programs for Animals1 day ago

Here are a couple of our Pet Food Bank clients from this past Saturday. The other one is in the driver's seat. 🐾😍🐾
#petfoodpantry #ittakesacommunity #ittakesavillage #donationsneeded #donationsappreciated

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ACTion Programs for Animals2 days ago

Rollie says good morning with his bout of zoomies! This shy Southern New Mexico PAWS prison training program graduate grew up at the municipal shelter since young puppyhood with his brother. It is not the best way to spend your formative early months.
Rollie takes a good while to get used to new people, and he's just over a year old. He needs a special family to give him a chance. A loving, patient foster home with other social dogs he can learn from would also be amazing to find for him. Please spread the word!
#dogrescue #adoptatraineddog #adoptspecialneeds #VolunteersMakeADifference #fosteringsaveslives

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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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Action for Animals (APA) Mission and Vision

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

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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.