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 Animals20 hours ago
We welcomed many new rescues this past week! Three older kittens came to us from Cruces Cool Cats and the rest from the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley. Thanks to a new bottle baby foster who is helping us with another set. Sadly, we lost two bottle babies today. They are the toughest to rescue, and it's heartbreaking work.
Help us continuously rescue when space opens up by becoming an APA Recurring Donor Hero.
Learn more here:
https://apalascruces.org/become-a-recurring-donor/
#dogrescue #catrescue #ittakesavillage #fostersaveslives #donationsmakeadifference
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ACTion Programs for Animals2 days ago
Please tune in tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. with our friends at Hot 103 and our marvelous host, Monica, for our Pets-of-the-Week (POWs). Meet Ashy and Suki!
Both were adopted from us as young kittens but returned as adults because of family circumstances not caused by our cats. They show how we are committed to our rescues for life. Ashy is almost 7 years old, snd Suki is almost 2. 😻🧡🐾🧡😻
We continue to promote the need for more Recurring Donor Heros. We HONESTLY need the support of many more in our community to continue our lifesaving work in DAC and avoid possible emergency operations or intake freezes, etc. It's stressful always being one disaster away from these dire conditions. 😞
Learn more about how to sign up here:
https://apalascruces.org/become-a-recurring-donor/
#catrescue #adoptashtercat #ittakesavillage #volunteersmakeadifference #donationsmakeadifference
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ACTion Programs for Animals2 days ago
We are doing something unheard of before ... treating kittens with FIP. It used to be a death sentence. We absolutely dreaded and hated it and lost many babies to it.
Now--we have a dedicated foster mom out of Alamogordo who is supported by an expert FIP treatment team and vet in Ruidoso. And we are treating kittens with FIP. It's amazing.
This is Stevie--a recent FIP baby. And the treatment for it is far less expensive than our upcoming invoices expected from Schumacher Veterinary Clinic for many emergencies and our in-house veterinarian who provides his services once a week and orders our facility medications, vaccines, tests, and more.
We anticipate our February vet care expenses at more than $15,000 ... any help we can get from our supporters is much needed and appreciated. Donate here:
https://apalascruces.networkforgood.com/projects/11006-action-programs-for-animals
THANK YOU!
#kittenrescue #ittakesacommunity #ittakesavillage #fosteringsaveslives #donationsmakeadifference
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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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