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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!
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It was a busy first day of our Home 4 the Holidays adoption promotion. One little dog and five kittens were adopted! Two sets of babies went home together. 🧡😻🧡
#Home4theHolidays #adoptdontshop #kittenrescue #dogrescue #ittakesavillage #volunteersmakeadifference #donationsmakeadifference
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Some may remember handsome Angel--a Southern New Mexico PAWS graduate who was with us for years. He came to us in terrible shape and looked like a skeleton because his health issues were neglected so long in his first home. He was adopted as a pup from the big shelter and then ended up back there.
Angel was very special needs because he has many serious health issues and has to be an only dog. And we finally found a hospice, longterm foster mom for him. He patiently spent years in a kennel with us after his graduation from our prison training program.
We thank Ruth for taking such good care of our special boy and giving him a loving home. We provide all the vet care for his skin cancer, Valley Fever, and allergies. Ruth read about Angel and came in specifically to take him home because we had been asking for years for someone to give him a chance and provide a hospice foster home. Ruth is also a generous APA Recurring Donor Hero!
Angel just had another procedure this past week to remove and cauterize more growths on his belly and legs. He's been a longtime patient at Schumacher Veterinary Clinic under Dr. Kyle's excellent care. And though his cancer will eventually spread internally and shorten his lifespan, we are incredibly grateful he has a loving home in which to live out his last years.
#dogrescue #hospicefoster #dogprisonprogram #volunteersmakeadifference #fosteringsaveslives #ittakesavillage #ittakesacommunity #donationsmakeadifference
Angel is one of many in longterm or hospice foster homes because of health issues. We rather they live in a home than a kennel for years. When you become an APA Recurring Donor Hero, you support our unwavering commitment to our rescues for all their days.
Learn more here about donor options:
https://apalascruces.org/become-a-recurring-donor/
THANK YOU!
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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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