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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 6,600 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!
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Adoption Follow-up Monday features two APA alums, left, and one adopted from the municipal shelter (right)-- Rusty, Heidi, and Chico. No matter who you adopt from, we are elated to see all local rescue animals find wonderful homes like this one. 🥰🐾🧡
#dogrescue #adoptdontshop #fosteringsaveslives #volunteersmakeadifference #ittakesacommunity #donationsmakeadifference
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Cat items we need most right now are smaller cat kibble bags of any brand for our pet food bank and small bath mats for our kitty condos. We use the latter under litter boxes, and we are down to scraps and not enough quantity to make ends meet.
And cat toys!😻
Thank you!!
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Honey, darker gal, and Miller are our two longterm dogs. Miller graduated from our Southern New Mexico PAWS prison training program earlier this year, but Honey was trained in-house because she came to us with some anxiety issues and doesn't get along with all dogs. We put her on doggy Prozac, and she is doing much better now. And Miller is shy at first with strangers, but he loves other dogs and warms up to people quickly.
Please spread the word about Miller and Honey. These two beautiful dogs need a home and to get out of a kennel. Or consider a Doggy Day Out or Sleepover with them.
#dogrescue #prisondogtrainingprogram #adoptspecialneeds #doggydayout #doggysleepover #volunteersmakeadifference #ittakesavillage #donationsmakeadifference
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Please help us celebrate our 16th birthday--a bit late this year--by becoming an APA Recurring Donor Hero in any amount your budget can spare. And thank you to the hundreds of you who already have.
Learn more here about the many ways you can contribute:
https://apalascruces.org/become-a-recurring-donor/
#dogrescue #catrescue #kittenrescue #ittakesavillage #ittakesacommunity #fosteringsaveslives #volunteersmakeadifference #prisondogtrainingprogram #donationsappreciated #donationsneeded
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We had three kitten adoptions today! Congrats to the babies and best of luck in their new homes!! 😻🐾❤️
#kittenseason2025 #adoptashelterkitten #adopttwokittens #ittakesacommunity #volunteersmakeadifference #fosteringsaveslives #donationsappreciated #donationsneeded
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Special thanks to Cocos Beans Studio for making our kitties these gorgeous ceramic bowls! 😻😻😻
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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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