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/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!

ACTion Programs for Animals22 hours ago

We welcomed this new older kitten yesterday from the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley. He has suspected ringworm, so we had to get him out to save his life.
His name is Bauhaus, and he's super sweet. He's full of scabs around his neck. And he's getting the TLC he needs to heal.
#kittenrescue #ringwormtreatment #volunteersmakeadifference #ittakesavillage #teamworksaveslives

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We want to sincerely thank Bernalillo County Animal Care and Resource Center for taking 5 adult cats and 6 kittens from us today. We also thank volunteers from Cruces Cool Cats for transporting them. Some of the kitties originally came to us from them. And thanks to our staff for the hard work making transports happen--including morning ringworm checks before transport. We sent adults Rihanna, Beyonce, Mercury, Shuri, and Roddy. And we sent kittens Harmony, Calipso, Dwayne, Mummy, Neo, and Trinity.
#kittenrescue #catrescue #teamworksaveslives #volunteersmakeadifference #donationsmakeadifference

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ACTion Programs for Animals2 days ago

Raya is a new graduate of our Southern New Mexico PAWS prison training program. She's a young, active girl. She's in her teenage stage, so her new family needs to be patient with her and safeguard things they don't want destroyed. She is crate trained along with her basic obedience skills.
We are open today from 11 to 4 at 537 N. Solano Dr.; 575-571-4654.
Can't make it in during our open hours? No problem! Leave a voicemail or text for our manager, and she will work with your schedule: 575-644-0505.
#prisondogprogram #adoptatraineddog #adoptdontshop #volunteersmakeadifference #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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Action for Animals (APA) Mission and Vision

Since May 2012, we have rescued more than 6,600 animals.

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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.