The Delta Humane Society of Louisiana

19/11/2025

This puppy is roaming in Start, Louisiana. It is just a matter of time until something bad happens to it. Please help us get it back to its owner by sharing.

19/11/2025

I know it may be obvious but we just love dogs. There is just so much to their abilities that we haven't even discovered yet.

K9 Hunter was rewarded with a treat and some quality time with his favorite tennis ball. https://tinyurl.com/mpz3dnwf

18/11/2025

We want to give a big virtual hug and thank everyone that has offered to donate and even to foster recently. There are many ways to help DHS but the most beneficial to us right now is to purchase a Chewy gift card. We love the food donation drives but we don't have a good place to store a large quantity of food when it arrives. This time of year, some is wasted or ruined by the mice before we can use it. With the Chewy gift card, we can order food as needed and we can also change the kind we order depending on how many puppies or adults we have. The link to our Chewy account is below. I'm not quite sure why the Chewy logo isn't showing but tap on the blank white space and it should take you to their page
And please know how grateful we are for your support! ❤️

DHS operates in a rural area in Louisiana. We concentrate on rescuing animals in need, getting them healthy and placing them with our partner rescues

18/11/2025

***Back Home!!***This is Daisy and she is missing from the New Light/Hwy 576 area not far from Big Creek. She is wearing a hot pink collar. She is a little timid and may come to a woman but less likely to a man. If you've seen her, please call 318-334-9638.

17/11/2025

Despite saying we were on an intake hold, there have been several dogs that were bumped to the top of our waiting list because they were in imminent danger. We picked up the last of them on Sunday morning. It was a mama and her babies that had to be trapped. But not before the eight babies went to four from disease and being hit by a car. Despite being filled to the top with dogs including some in patched together makeshift kennels and some that are crated most of the day, we have made enough room.
These three guys pictured below have for the last 3 days been living on a side porch in crates and being walked three times a day. They are older dogs and have long coats so we're not worried about them being cold. I think they like being outside and getting to watch the goings on. We told them they were going camping ☺️
But we can't continue like this for long. We are getting more and more calls to pick up stray or injured dogs. A great many of the calls are coming from The Meta site. We have picked up 17 dogs from there so far. Most of the people that have called us have moved here from other areas of the country to work and they're not used to seeing dogs unaccompanied roaming the countryside. I remember how it was when my husband and I moved here in 2008. We stopped every time we saw a dog along the road. We thought it was lost. We were so naive! That's what led me to found DHS with my friend Heather Parker. I had never lived any place where there were no resources for animals. And I'm hopeful that now, despite the possible drawbacks (and I've read the negative impacts that are possible with a data center) I'm hopeful that the new ideas and the new tax base will encourage the police jury to get on board with helping us help animals. We have almost completed an application to Meta for a community impact grant and I have my fingers crossed that we'll be able to build a better facility than we've limped along with for the last 17 years at my farm.
I'm hopeful that with Meta possibly funding some of the construction, the police jury can use our new tax dollars to help with the yearly operating costs.
If you'd like to see this happen too, I encourage you to reach out to your police juror and let him/her know how you feel.

16/11/2025

Reading this was a great way to start my Sunday. We hope it's a great day for you and your critters!

Using a Bluetooth speaker, a recording of its cries and a small boat, staff and volunteers from The Marine Mammal Center were able to reunite an otter pup with its mother in a central California bay last month.

15/11/2025

What a great way to start the day... hearing that Yoshi is getting two kids for Christmas and his own permanent stocking! 💕
This nearly 10-year old guy had been roaming near Alto, Louisiana for months since his dad died in 2023. Neighbors had all been pitching in to feed him and the story they told us was when the adult heirs in the family divvied up what they wanted from the family home, the little foo foo dog that lived inside was chosen but Yoshi was left behind. He lived like that, traveling from home to home in the neighborhood looking for a handout, until he started looking ill, so DHS was called. It took us over a year but we've helped him overcome heartworm disease, seizures and huge cyst on his throat. He was neutered, learned house manners (he had never lived inside) and given the chance to show us what an all-around great little guy he is. After he was ready for a family, AARF took over and he headed to Maryland where Beth French Arthur and her family gave Yoshi a soft landing in their home. It was supposed to be temporary until he found a permanent home but I guess Yoshi and Violet (holding her sign with her mom and little brother) had other ideas. So, Yoshi is going to stay right where he is forever!
This is the text and pictures I got today that lets me know the deal is sealed although I think I knew from the updates that I was getting, that Violet and Yoshi were cooking up a plan! 💕

14/11/2025

Well, you know how your mom always told you that things would look better in the morning? Well, that's not the case for these two! They are worse than I thought. Last night I truly couldn't see how red and raw their legs were from the matted hair and their eyes are matted and inflamed as well. But they are friendlier now and I'm getting tail wags. They spent the night in giant crates on the side porch but we had one very muddy kennel that we threw straw out on so they could get some exercise this morning. They wolfed down breakfast too even if it did have dewormer in it. We have named them Romeo and Juliet temporarily and since the one was wearing a QR tag, we've left a message for the person listed but as of yet, no response. We have a 2:00 appointment at Dr Talley's so they can be checked over better then I can do it. They are so matted until I can't do a thorough going over by myself. Will let you know what we find out!

14/11/2025

Well this was a surprise! I was headed home after picking up three dogs when I saw these two standing in the middle of Burke road with cars whizzing by. That is a VERY dark road through a wooded area. I pulled over and tried for about 10 minutes but couldn't coax them in the van by myself. Luckily, I was just around the corner from the foster farm so I dumped some food as far away from the road as I could and while they were eating I ran home and grabbed PK and we came back. By then a nice couple that had been deer hunting had stopped to help them. Between the four of us we got them in the van. These two dogs are a mess. They are covered in knots and muddy dreadlocks that smell like something dead. My van will have to be aired out tomorrow. But we couldn't leave them there. I truly don't believe they would have survived the night just standing in the middle of that dark road right at a curve. Several trucks didn't even slow down even though I was pulled over with my bright lights and flashers on and walking around with a flashlight trying to keep the dogs out of the road.
When we got them back to the foster farm, we set up crates for them on the side porch as we do not have even one empty kennel at the moment. But they don't seem to mind and they sure did like the treats we used to coax them into the crates. There is no way that we could check them thoroughly for injuries by flashlight but if they are injured it must be minor because they certainly did chow down when we fed them. If you have any information on these two, please text 318-417-9935 and please share.
And to everyone that DID slow down and offer to help, we really appreciate it. To those that didn't, I meant what I yelled at you!

11/11/2025

On this day, when we remember veterans, donate to a charity that cares for all of them. The Greater Good is a very well respected international charity. DHS has received distributions from them in the past. Honor a veteran by making a donation! When veteran's benefits have been reduced and SNAP benefits that they depend on, they need us more than ever. 🇺🇸

This Veterans Day, you can give back to those who fought for our nation. Help send Emergency Packs to unhoused veterans and their pets across the country!

11/11/2025

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This Veterans Day, you can give back to those who fought for our nation. Help send Emergency Packs to unhoused veterans and their pets across the country!

05/11/2025

This nice dog is just wandering aimlessly around Adams Pharmacy parking lot in Winnsboro Louisiana. It has on a flea collar and there is a short end of a tether line that has been chewed through, hanging from it. It is wandering in and out of traffic and if you have any information, please text 318-417-9935 or call the Winnsboro Police Department. It is only a matter of time before it is hit by a car.