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 6,300 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 Animals17 hours ago

We need your help this end of year. We and our doggies/kitties are begging you to sign up as an APA Monthly Donor Hero if you haven't already. Choose Monthly or Quarterly under Select Donation Occurrence here: https://apalascruces.networkforgood.com/projects/11006-action-programs-for-animals
Or via PayPal to mail@apalascruces.org.
Or via check to APA, 537 N. Solano Dr., 88001.
THANK YOU! ❤️🐾❤️
And here's our Pet-of-the-Week, Dillinger. He's a recent graduate of our Southern New Mexico PAWS prison training program. We thank Monica and Merl for introducing him to you.

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ACTion Programs for Animals1 day ago

We welcomed these four gorgeous kittens today from the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley. They'll be ready for adoption soon! We also welcomed four 6-week old community kittens who went to a foster home.
#kittenrescue #rescuepartners #ittakesavillage #volunteersmakeadifference #fosteringsaveslives #donationsmakeadifference

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ACTion Programs for Animals1 day ago

Bonded cats Moon and Naomi were adopted together today by a sweet gentleman who recently lost both his cats to old age. He wanted to rescue two adults like them. We got these beautiful gals from a local private sanctuary. We are so happy for them both!
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#catrescue #ittakesavillage #adoptasheltercat #donationsmakeadifference

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ACTion Programs for Animals2 days ago

Wish Southern New Mexico PAWS prison training program graduate Dylan lots of luck! He went on a sleepover today. This special-needs boy has been looking for his match for a long time now. ❤️🐾❤️
#dogrescue #prisondogtrainingprogram #ittakesavillage #donationsmakeadifference

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ACTion Programs for Animals3 days ago

Dillinger just graduated from our Southern New Mexico PAWS prison training program. He's ready for a Home for the Holidays! And adoptions are half-off through Jan. 4th.
#dogrescue #prisondogtrainingprogram #adoptatraineddog #homefortheholidays2024 #donationsneeded #donationsappreciated #ittakesavillage

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ACTion Programs for Animals3 days ago

Adoption follow-up Monday features APA and Southern New Mexico PAWS alum Butch. We can't express in words how happy we feel to see this boy in a loving home--FINALLY!
He was with us more than 5 years. Then he was finally accepted into the Longmont Humane Society program. It takes dogs years to be accepted there!
Ironically, a woman who met Butch as a volunteer with us went to Colorado to adopt Butch shortly after we transferred him. He now lives in Albuquerque with his mom.
All we care about is that he's happy in a home. That's what we are here for--to ensure each of our rescues has a happy, loving outcome like this. 🐾❤️🐾
#dogrescue #prisondogtrainingprogram #adoptashelterdog #adoptatraineddog #ittakesavillage #rescuepartners #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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