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 Animals8 hours ago
From our manager, who is focusing on fostering all large APA dogs after the passing of her beloved APA dogs recently, Hope and Chico:
"Davey stayed overnight with our friends at Compassion Copper Canyon so he can get his last doses of heartworm treatment. So, another long-term Southern New Mexico PAWS dog of ours, Jackson, came home with me for a day. We had adventures in doggy door lessons and baby bird killing, and now it's cuddle time.🤣😍
Goodnight from me and Jackson--another of our big guys waiting for his chance at a home. If you can't adopt, come take Jackson on a Doggy Day Out for a few hours and up to a few days. That's what I'll be doing for some time now--giving all our facility dogs a taste of spoiled doggy home life until they find their furrever homes.
Jackson gets along well with kids and other dogs. He rides great in a car. And the only thing he can't live with is cats or other small animals.
Come meet Jackson soon!"
#prisondogprogram #adoptatraineddog #ittakesacommunity #doggydayout #dogrescue
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ACTion Programs for Animals1 day ago
Special thanks to Keller Williams Realty El Paso & Las Cruces for raising $1000 at their recent PicklePaws tournament. We greatly appreciate everyone's support!
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ACTion Programs for Animals1 day ago
Our new baby rescue from the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley ... thanks to a willing foster ... 🐾❤️🙏🐾
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ACTion Programs for Animals2 days ago
Adoption Follow-up Monday features APA alum Balloons, now Celeste. She is doing great! She loves food and is always begging--almost like a dog. She also loves to cuddle and climb shoulders. She warmed up to her new home quickly and her brother, Cosmo, warmed up to her not too long after! 😻😻
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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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