About the Louisiana SPCA

The Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (LA/SPCA) is a private
non-profit organization dedicated to the elimination of animal suffering. Chartered in 1888, we are the oldest and most comprehensive animal welfare organization in the state, providing care and basic medical services for thousands of homeless and unwanted animals each year.

Guided by a priority to improve the Quality of Life of all companion animals, our programs and services propel our mission forward. Whether it's educating our youth to value and respect all living things, enlightening the community about the importance of spaying and neutering, investigating animal cruelty cases and seeing those cases through the legal system, or making lifetime human/animal matches, we are committed to change.

Advocacy and Education

• Advocating and lobbying for improved local and state animal protection laws

• Networking with national animal agencies to promote animal welfare initiatives

• Partnering with local schools to teach children important lessons about animals

• Providing obedience training for dogs; discounts for animals that are spayed or neutered or adopted from the LA/SPCA or Jefferson Parish Animal Control

• Providing camp programs for children who want to learn more about animals

• Speaking at neighborhood meetings and appearing on local television and radio to discuss animal issues affecting our community

• Appearing as the pet columnist for the Times-Picayune

• Offering programs that promote the human/animal bond

• Providing disaster preparedness information and support to the public

Cruelty Investigation

• Investigating suspected cruelty cases

• Testifying in cases we bring to court

• Caring for those animals who were victims of abuse

• Leading the fight to stop blood sports in Louisiana by partnering
  with law enforcement on dogfighting cases

• Mentoring other humane societies on animal welfare issues

• Training animal control agencies on handling cruelty cases from beginning to end

• Training law enforcement to identify cruelty against animals and blood sports

Animal Programs

• Sheltering of homeless animals

• Reuniting lost pets with their families

• Rescuing animals in distress 24/7

• Picking up stray dogs and cats

• Managing bite cases from intake to disposition

Adoption

• Matchmaking

• Foster care program handling the sick, injured and very young

• Finding forever families for homeless animals

• Taking the animals to the people with remote adoption days

• Working with other rescue groups to place animals with which the group specializes