Friends of the St. John Parish Animal Shelter

27/01/2025

Lost Dog Alert!

17/01/2025

Cold Weather Announcement:

The shelter and all parish offices are closed through Tuesday due to the weather.

No one will be at the shelter to answer calls or return voicemails.

If you see an animal chained outside or kept outside without a solid shelter with bedding or straw in the shelter you will need to call SJSO.

The shelter cannot remove an animal without being requested by a deputy as well as the proper laws being enforced by that deputy.

Please do not keep your animals outside Monday or Tuesday. They will freeze, even in a dog house. Bring them inside or put them in a building of some sort with blankets or bedding just until the worst of the cold weather passes.

16/10/2024

Escaped TNR Feral:

Any residents between DuPont Curve and Cardinal, River Road and W. 5th please keep an eye out for any new Tortoiseshell (Black and Gold) cats that show up. She was brought in a carrier for the shelter's TNR program and the carrier bottom came unclamped and she escaped. She has her ear tipped as these photos were taken before she was sterilized.

Traps have been set daily but due to construction at the shelter we believe she has moved out of the immediate vicinity of the shelter. Please call 985-651-7387 and leave a message if you see a cat that looks like this. Or message Traci Musso via FB.

20/08/2024

Remember the I-55 pup that was injured and required multiple surgeries for his hips and legs? Well he's living his best life. Yesterday was his first pup cup courtesy of Chic Fil A! As we've said before, Thank you all sooo much for the donations, shares, and prayers you sent this boy's way!

14/08/2024

Fundraiser to benefit several great groups including us.

Rock N Bowl (S. Carrollton Nola)
Sept 8th 6-9 p.m.

Live Music
Auction Items
50/50 Raffle
Food

We have tickets for sale. $10.00 each. Please comment or message us if you're interested.

02/08/2024

09/07/2024

Attention! Attention! Adoptable Pups!

As you may already know, the shelter is limited on space until they rebuild. Space is prioritized for the dangerous/aggressive animals the staff gets calls about however they've had a few dogs that came in through abandonment cases and those pups are now cleared for adoption.

Adoptions are appointment only for approved applicants. YOU MUST SUBMIT AN APPLICATION to be processed prior to meeting the dogs. The shelter is utilizing foster homes and have limited staffing so you will not be able to show up and request a meet and greet. The link to the online form is below:

https://form.jotform.com/SJBPAnimalShelter/adoption-application

Adoption fee is $130.00. All animals are sterilized, vaccinated, microchipped, Heartworm tested, on Heartworm and Flea Prevention and have had a wellness exam. Please share and lets try to find these great dogs new homes!

13/06/2024

Missing near LaPlace Park/Chevy Dealership on Airline in LaPlace. Owner's contact info is in the image.

10/06/2024

Recently neutered male found on the "Low Rd." US 51 near Manchac on the St John side. Picked up by a fisherman. Contact the shelter to claim. 985-651-7387

08/06/2024

Quick little update on Riggs.....

He sleeps in his little girl's room every night and is a total couch potato during the day. He has one week until he's hopefully released by his surgeon. His mobility is great and he's super happy with his foster family. They love him as much as he loves them and he's staying there forever.

10/05/2024

Went in for the last bandage change. 10 more days and he gets radiographs to see how his bone is healing. Considering he thinks he's perfectly fine and should be able to do what he wants we are hoping the 10 day rads show a callous and we can take his splint off. Keeping this boy calm and confined has been a challenge to say the least!

09/05/2024

Stella is in recovery. Her surgery went well. More to come, probably tomorrow! ❤️

09/05/2024

Would anyone be willing to foster kittens for 9 days? The shelter has an amazing transport opportunity and so many residents have kittens that need to go. If anyone can foster temporarily please send us a message or comment here. Supplies will be provided.

09/05/2024

Today is the day. Stella will have surgery. If you have a moment please send this girl a prayer or some good vibes. This is her only chance and we are praying for a successful surgery and perfect recovery. Thank you to so many for giving her this chance. And a big thank you for Mardi Paws, South Paws and her surgeon for jumping in without hesitation!

08/05/2024

📣Where do your donations to Scott's Wish x Mardi Paws for go❓ They go toward saving lives of critically ill shelter pets like Stella. Dr. Newton held off on surgery today to get her a little stronger, she's scheduled for surgery Thursday!💗

This precious pup surrendered to the St John Parish Shelter critically ill, will get her much-needed surgery very soon by boarded surgeon Dr. Jenifer Newton and her team at South Paws Veterinary Surgical Specialists. They are getting her hydrated and a bit stronger- we'll keep you updated. 💗

We're grateful a supporter reached out on behalf of Friends of the St. John Parish Animal Shelter who were desperately trying to raise the funds for the lifesaving surgery. They are such a compassionate and dedicated group, but raising thousands of dollars twice in a week was difficult and they were coming up on a tough choice.

They did have a supporter make a very generous donation towards the angel's care, but it wasn't enough.

This 9-week-old puppy was surrendered when her owner took her for emergency care and she was diagnosed with Persistent Right Aortic Arch (PRAA), a congenital defect where an embryonic branch of the aorta wraps around the esophagus and puts pressure on the tube.

This requires surgery or she will die. Her food is unable to pass the obstruction in her esophagus and trachea. She weighs only 4lbs and should weigh at least 10lbs.

Unfortunately, none of the rescue's they contacted were able to step up to take this puppy due to the cost of the surgery, and we're grateful they reached out to us!

There is not a day that goes by that we aren't helping an injured angel, thank you for considering a gift to Scott's Wish for GiveNOLA Day.

With everyone a volunteer, and no office overhead, it goes directly to helping dogs like baby Stella.

DONATE HERE: https://www.givenola.org/scottswish