Louisiana Stories

Smiling person holding a small black kitten, next to a mobile home

Community conversations help cats in a Louisiana parish

With guidance from the Best Friends national embed program, staff at St. Tammany Animal Shelter talked with neighbors to get them on board to help save cats.

Read about their lifesaving programs

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Matchmaking, animal shelter style

Shelter collaborative program may be the last piece of the no-kill puzzle.

See our matchmaking in action

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