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

Join us tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. with our friends at Hot 103, our wonderful host Monica, and sweet, mellow senior gal Bailey--our Pet-of-the-Week (POW). Bailey is a recent grad of our Southern New Mexico PAWS prison training program. She is 7.5 years old and loves belly rubs, slow walks in the park, and romantic picnics with cold cuts galore.
❤️😆 Bailey also wouldn't mind chilling and watching TV with you. She loves treats and toys 🧸 and gets along with other mellow dogs like her. She'd be a great addition to many families.
Come see all our cats/kittens and dogs at our adoption center at 537 N. Solano Dr. on Tues/Wed/Thurs/Sat 11 to 3 or by appointment; 575-571-4654; apalascruces.org
#dogrescue #prisondogprogram #adoptatraineddog #ittakesavillage #donationsmakeadifference

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ACTion Programs for Animals2 days ago

Last week, volunteer Kandy took gentle giant Goliath to visit the nice folks at Haciendas at Grace Village. Kandy and one of our dogs visit the residents at all four buildings of the facility to spread doggy love and cheer!
❤️🐾❤️(See videos in the comments.)
We later learned that this wonderful dog belonged to a rescue in El Paso-- West Texas Tails Rescue. He has since been returned to them after being lost since last year. We don't know how he ended up in Las Cruces, but he's back at his EP foster home with his sister.
Friends and supporters, we desperately need your help. For two years, we've been struggling to survive. We would not be begging for your help if we didn't genuinely need it. We operate what is akin to a small business that receives no government assistance. And we are only one big disaster away from having to close our doors for good!
PLEASE help us keep our vital programs running 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 #volunteersmakeadifference #donationsneeded #donationsappreciated

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ACTion Programs for Animals2 days ago

Happy Saint Gertrude Day! Oh ... and St. Patrick's Day, too!!😻

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ACTion Programs for Animals3 days ago

These are our first two mama cats with babies this season from the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley. The older litter and mama have ringworm, and we'll finish caring for them in our ringworm ward before they go up for adoption or transport to our rescue partners in ABQ.
We can only save hundreds of cats and kittens each year with help from fosters and donors.
We are honestly one or two disasters away from closing our doors. It's a sad situation for a lot of nonprofits like ours--especially animal groups running shelters that receive no government funding like human welfare groups do.
We need YOUR help to continue rescuing cats and dogs non-stop as we have for 15+ years. We need everyone who supports our work to pitch in today as Recurring Donor Heroes either monthly or quarterly.
Choose Monthly or Quarterly under Select Donation Occurrence here:
https://apalascruces.networkforgood.com/projects/11006-action-programs-for-animals
Or PayPal to mail@apalascruces.org.
Or mail to APA, 537 N. Solano Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88001.
#catrescue #kittenrescue #kittenseason2025 #donationsneeded #donationsmakeadifference

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ACTion Programs for Animals4 days ago

BIG congrats to adult cat Gracey on her adoption today. She came to us from Cruces Cool Cats.
#catrescue #adoptasheltercat #donationsneeded #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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