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 Animals14 hours ago
Our sweet Rhiannah is having her babies tonight in her foster home. We pulled her from our municipal shelter far along in her pregnancy, and we don't spay and abort that far along. It's a controversial topic in animal rescue, especially in communities like ours which are so overwhelmed. And we understand all the sides, but we always do what we think is best for our animals and feels right to us. We'll eventually move mama and babies to their new homes. 🙏🐾❤️
#kittenseason2025 #catrescue #kittenrescue #fostersaveslives #donationsmakeadifference
ACTion Programs for Animals
ACTion Programs for Animals20 hours ago
We really need your HELP with donated gift certificates, items, baskets, etc., from local businesses for our yearly holiday auction run by our Second Chance Thrift Store- ACTion Programs for Animals in partnership with Mesilla Valley Estate Sales. If you are a local business owner who can pitch something in and need us to pick up, please text us at 575-644-0505. We also have a letter we can send you for your tax purposes.
Thank you for all contributions. This is our biggest fundraiser each year!
ACTion Programs for Animals
ACTion Programs for Animals23 hours ago
New kitten intakes include one from Cruces Cool Cats and two from the community who a dedicated volunteer is rescuing so Cruces Cool Cats can fix and release the mama cat.
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#kittenseason2025 #kittenrescue #rescuepartners #ittakesacommunity #volunteersmakeadifference #donationsappreciated #donationsneeded
ACTion Programs for Animals
ACTion Programs for Animals2 days ago
We had four kitten adoptions today! Congrats to all!! 😻🐾😻🐾😻🐾😻
#kittenseason2025 #adoptashelterkitten #adopttwokittens #ittakesavillage #donationsmatter #volunteersmakeadifference
ACTion Programs for Animals
ACTion Programs for Animals2 days ago
Southern New Mexico PAWS shy, sweet grad Linus thanks everyone who visited them and our PAWS Team at PetSmart today and for the treats bought for them. 🐾🧡🐾
#dogrescue #prisondogprog #adoptatraineddog #ittakesavillage #volunteersmakeadifference #donationsneeded #donationsappreciated

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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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