ACTion Programs
for
Animals (APA)
Helping people and their pets
live better lives together
ACTion Programs for Animals (APA)
P.O. Box 125
Las Cruces, NM 88004
ph: 575-644-0505
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Our mission is to help people and their pets live better lives together. Our vision is that our programs and services will help transform our community to improve the quality of life for companion animals and greatly reduce the number of abandoned and homeless animals impounded and killed at our municipal shelter.
We are located in Las Cruces, NM, but our services are offered to all those in Dona Ana County. Our goals and objectives are as follows:
- Positive humane outreach & education
- Assistance for pets and their guardians in times of need
- Programs that target the most urgent animal-welfare challenges in our community
- Services & support that make it easier for pet guardians to do the right thing
Missed our volunteer meeting on January 23rd?
It's not too late to learn how you can help. Please download the handout from the meeting by clicking here, and contact us if you are interested in any aspects of our work via our Contact Us page.
APA's pet food bank is looking for a new home; monthly pet food distributions are on hold for the time being
The food bank needs a donated warehouse space because it is outgrowing the donated space it has now, and our monthly pet food distributions are on hold while we work on much-needed fundraising to sustain the program. In our new home, we ideally need space in a warehouse with a loading dock where we can store our pet food -- about 12 pallets at a time -- along with some shelf space for donated pet items. It would be nice to have an office space to go along with this, but we'll take what we can get. It must also be okay to distribute food from this location either once a month or multiple times per month at given operating hours.
If you can help us with this or have any ideas to share, please call us at 575-644-0505.
Pilot Program: Pet Food Bank
APA's first program is a pet food bank we launched in June 2009. Made possible by generous donations in our community of food and money toward the purchase of food, we are helping to feed pets from low-income, unemployed, disabled, senior, homeless, and other families facing tough economic choices. We want to keep families together and keep animals out of our municipal animal shelter, which is outdated for a community growing in both human and animal population. Sadly, our shelter takes in about 17,000 homeless animals a year and euthanizes/kills about 12,000 of them. The kill rate for cats is about 80% and for dogs it is about 60%. We all need to work together to reverse these sad statistics that have plagued our community for far too long.Targeting Future Programs to Community's Biggest Needs
APA is gathering data from our pet food bank applications from which to target our next programs and services for pets and their families. We hope to add more programs within a couple of years. Some examples of what we might offer are wellness/vaccination clinics, low-cost grooming services, and assitance to families who want to get their dogs off chains.
For Those Needing Long-Term Assistance
People needing assistance for more than six months in a row will be asked to "pay it forward" to the community by either volunteering their time and/or talents to APA for the pet food bank/future projects or by simply agreeing to work with us on becoming more responsible pet guardians. APA will work with each recipient to determine what will work best for each and the animals that share their homes.
ACTion Programs for Animals (APA)
P.O. Box 125
Las Cruces, NM 88004
ph: 575-644-0505
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