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 Animals
ACTion Programs for Animals10 hours ago
The last of our popular Persians was adopted today. Garvey is making himself right at home.
We had a lot of good applications for these cats. The adoption decisions were not easy to make.
#catrescue #adoptdontshop #ittakesavillage #donationsmakeadifference
ACTion Programs for Animals
ACTion Programs for Animals11 hours ago
Volunteer Kandy took Pet-of-the Week Glenda to visit the nice folks at Haciendas at Grace Village last week. They visit the residents at all four buildings of the facility to spread doggy joy and love. See video in comments.
Friends and supporters, we still need your help. For two years, we've been struggling to survive, and we aren't the only nonprofit doing so. Many are closing their doors across the nation, and we don't want that to happen to us. Dogs and cats like Glenda count on us to be their safety net for life.
PLEASE help us keep our doors open by becoming an APA Sustaining Donor Hero in any amount your budgets can spare if you have not done so already. With the help of hundreds of our supporters, we can succeed.
Online link for one-time/recurring donations (choose Monthly or Quarterly under Select Donation Occurrence): https://apalascruces.networkforgood.com/projects/11006-action-programs-for-animals
Or set up via PayPal to mail@apalascruces.org.
Or set it up via your bank or retirement fund.
Or mail donations to APA, 537 N. Solano Dr., LC, NM, 88001.
Thank you for your support!
#dogrescue #ittakesavillage #volunteersmakeadifference #donationsneeded #donationsappreciated
ACTion Programs for Animals
ACTion Programs for Animals1 day ago
Felines ruled the roost today. Congrats to all our adopters and kitties. Wish them all the BEST of luck! ❤️🐾❤️
#catrescue #kittenrescue #adoptdontshop #adoptashelterpet #donationsmakeadifference
ACTion Programs for Animals
ACTion Programs for Animals2 days ago
Pet-of-the-Week Glenda, left, went on a sleepover today after a successful meet and greet led by our PAWS Team. Though Noble was not a good match for this family, we are hopeful for Glenda. Wish her and the family LOTS of luck! 🐾❤️🐾
#dogrescue #adoptdontshop #ittakesavillage #donationsmakeadifference

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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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