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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 6,800 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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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 Animals11 hours ago
Remember Miracle? We pulled her from the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley just in time about a month ago. She was dangerously anemic from being flea and tick infested for God knows how long. She came into the shelter as a stray from Anthony.
When she got to us, she collapsed within a day, and we had to rush her to the hospital. To save her life, they gave her two blood transfusions.
Luckily, that did the job. At her last recheck this past Friday, her bloodwork was almost normal! We are still waiting on her spay until she's all healed up for a good while.
Friends, our last two months have been challenging financially. Our vet bills have been incredibly high with multiple emergencies and our other routine care.
We are needing vastly more in our community to sign up as APA Recurring Donor Heroes. You can choose the amount and rate--be it monthly, quarterly, or yearly. We want to never have to say no when the next dog or cat who needs a miracle comes our way.
Learn more here about all your options to join the few hundred recurring monetary supporters we have now:
https://apalascruces.org/become-a-recurring-donor/
We are very grateful to you ALL!
#dogrescue #rescueveterinarycare #ittakesacommunity #ittakesavillage #donationsneeded
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ACTion Programs for Animals14 hours ago
Please wish handsome Nevermore much luck on his Sleepover! One of our caregivers is seeing if he'll work out in her home. 😻
#catrescue #catsleepover #ittakesavillage #donationsappreciated #donationsneeded
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Notes from a foster home ...

"We’ve fostered Stella for 3 months, and she has been such a joy to have around. She is sweet, kind and loves being by your side. Dr. Kyle at the vet clinic called her the sweetest animal in the whole clinic. She is truly your best friend. She is crate trained and potty trained. She loves going for a car ride.
Stella is shy and scared around new people. She does prefer females at first but once she gets to know you, she will love you to death.
She does have allergies and early onset arthritis, but both are being managed on daily medications and she is currently thriving. She is allergic to cats so a home with no cat is a must.
She loves going for small walks. Otherwise, she is content laying in her bed or following you around or cuddling on the couch with you.
If we could adopt her, we would in a heartbeat. We can’t find anything wrong with her."
Stella's foster parents are out of town, so you can meet this special gal at our adoption center the next couple of weeks. She is also a graduate of our Southern New Mexico PAWS prison training program.
#prisondogprogram #adoptatraineddog #dogrescue #volunteersmakeafference #donationsneeded
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Our PAWS Team and recent prison training program grads will be at this Pickle PAWS event today at Apodaca Park from 3:30 to 6 p.m. We greatly appreciate kw Las Cruces for doing this tournament for us. 🐾🧡🐾
#prisondogprogram #adoptatraineddog #adoptdontshop #volunteersmakeafference #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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