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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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ACTion Programs for Animals15 hours ago
These are only our open days/times to the public. We know everyone has different schedules and commitments. So, we are also accessible to you to come meet our adoptable animals at other days/times by arranging it with our manager. She works at another job just 10 minutes away from our adoption center. We appreciate at least one day's notice to set a time to meet. Text or leave a voicemail at 575-644-0505 to arrange it if you can't come in our regular open days/times.
OR BY APPOINTMENT ....always!
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ACTion Programs for Animals18 hours ago
We spent nearly $4000 to help Nevermore feel better again. And he and others like him are well worth it--just as our staff caregivers are, too. We care for up to 100 animals 24/7/365 in a building with commercial expenses like supplies, insurance, utilities, repairs, etc. And we appreciate and need the support of people like you becoming APA Recurring Donor Heroes. No amount per month or quarter is too little when thousands of our supporters/adopters pitch in. Learn more under Donate at apalascruces.org.
#catrescue #adoptspecialneeds #adoptasheltercat #donationsneeded ##donationsappreciated
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ACTion Programs for Animals21 hours ago
New doggies Butters and his sister, Moon Pie--the two tan shepherd mixes--got acclimated to doggy play group pretty fast. Both grew up in a court-hold facility since puppyhood. Butters is more scared of new people than his sister. With socializing and going to get trained at our Southern New Mexico PAWS prison training program, both will get better and better as time goes on. #prisondogprogram #dogrescue #doggyplaygroup #volunteersmakeadifference #donationsmakeadifference
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Nothing like chicken nuggie treats for our doggies at the last offsite adoption event to end a night and weekend. Good Sunday night to all!
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This is Zoe! We are temporarily boarding her for Forever Homes Animal Rescue in Alamogordo. They are seeking an out of the area rescue to take the pup, but if we can find her a great home here, we'll transfer her to us.
Zoe is going on 6 months old. And she's a cutie pie--a medium heeler type mix. We need Zoe to move along to bring in Buddy, another dog we just accepted from Forever Homes as well.
Contact our manager if you are interested in Zoe at 575-644-0505. 🐾🐕🐾🧡🐾
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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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