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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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Wow! GREAT JOB to our store staff for all their hard work on these yearly auctions and to the donors/supporters and Mesilla Valley Estate Sales.
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This could not come at a better time for us. We just got our emergency/hospital vet bills for the two litters of kittens with panleukopenia we struggled with last month. Those multiple emergencies totaled $6175 in bills, and we still lost all the kittens to that awful disease. We really need this kind of monetary support right now. Thanks to all who contributed!!
#donationsneeded #donationsappreciated
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Thanks so much to our volunteer Monica and our friends at Hot 103!
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We really need dog walking volunteers because one of our staff dog handlers who did it regularly is injured and unable. And our current staff is covering a lot to help save funds.
All our big dogs are strong and powerful, so we need walkers who can safely handle them. If you have some extra time, we'll accommodate your schedule. Contact our manager via text at 575-644-0505 or call our adoption center at 575-571-4654.
THANK YOU!
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We welcomed these two cuties today from the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley. And we truly wish we could save them all.
Space and resources limit what we can do--plus no consistent government funding.
Like all the local rescues, we get daily calls from people giving up animals or people asking us to pull all the cats and dogs getting put down at the shelter that day. We consistently pull from there when space opens up. This year, we are at close to 450 rescues--a big increase from last year.
Becoming an APA Recurring Donor Hero is the biggest way you can contribute to keeping our lifesaving mission afloat--$10 a month from thousands of people in our community can help us progress to do more and fill in gaps in services needed in our community.
Learn more here: https://apalascruces.org/become-a-recurring-donor/
Thank you for your support!
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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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