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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 6,800 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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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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Sweet, shy Sly--our Pet-of-the-Week--joined our wonderful volunteer, Kandy, last week to visit the nice people at Haciendas at Grace Village. Kandy and one of our dogs visit the residents in four buildings each Tuesday afternoon to share doggy cheer and love.
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Sly was adopted from us many years ago but recently returne--but not because of any fault on his part. He's a mellow, senior boy who prefers the company of other chill dogs like himself. He's a former Southern New Mexico PAWS prison training program graduate, and he recently completed his refresher training, which he aced.
#prisondogprogram #adoptatraineddog #ittakesacommunity #volunteersmakeadifference #donationsmakeadifference
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Please consider becoming an APA Recurring Donor Hero. We need heroes like you to keep taking back all our previous rescues who need us again plus to continue rescuing more at-risk animals. Gifting a small amount every month or quarter is truly the biggest contribution you can make. Learn more here:
https://apalascruces.org/become-a-recurring-donor/
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Sweet Ajax is still waiting to be adopted. He's good with kids and other dogs. And he was trained at our Southern New Mexico PAWS prison training program. Now he's dreaming of his new family. 🐾💙🐾
#dogrescue #prisondogprogram #adoptdontshop #volunteersmakeadifference #donationsmakeadifference
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Meet our new dogs we got from the DAC Animal Control Department. It had been a while since we were asked to help with former court-held dogs. We actually started out primarily rescuing former abuse case dogs from the DAC Sheriff's office at that time (in 2012). It was back when we were an all-volunteer, foster-based organization. Our founder and still executive director took care of all our large dogs at her home for many years. She built an outdoor and indoor kennel area to accommodate five at a time.
One of our first rescues, Cheyenne, was from a fighting dog case. She was the sweetest pocket pittie.
We are now happy to welcome Butters and Moon Pie, siblings, to APA. We thank our PAWS Team for assessing them yesterday.
#prisondogprogram #dogrescue #ittakesavillage #volunteersmakeadifference #donationsappreciated
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Meet Princess Zelda! We took her from the @ascmvadoptables today because she had severe URI and is only 5 weeks old. She's now in a foster home to ensure she's eating and on the mend.
#kittenrescue #fostersaveslives #volunteersmakeadifference #ittakesavillage #donationsappreciated
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HUGE congrats to Southern New Mexico PAWS prison training program graduate Dudley, now Ollie, on his adoption today after a successful Sleepover! This boy was very shy with strangers at first, so we especially appreciate people willing to give dogs like him a chance. 🐾💙🐾
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APA is working hard to help our municipal shelter and community become a No Kill success story. We pull animals from the shelter when we have space.
The programs and services we offer are the Pet Food Bank, P.A.W.S. (Prisoners and Animals Working Toward Success), a prison-dog training program, and our adoption center, where cats/kittens/dogs are cared for 24/7/365 until adopted. We care for up to 100 animals in our building.

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