The Delta Humane Society of Louisiana

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.

02/11/2025

After a neighbor discovered one of these critters, I thought I'd do a little research.

If you move an outdoor flower pot, stick of firewood, or some similar item in the yard this winter, you may encounter a large, hairy black caterpillar curled up in some protective crevice beneath the item you moved. You've just found a giant leopard moth caterpillar!

Giant leopard moth caterpillars, a.k.a. giant woollybears, overwinter as partly-grown larvae, and do not form cocoons and complete their development until spring.

During the winter months they are able to produce antifreeze in their blood to protect them from freeze injury.

Mature caterpillars are up to three inches long, and if you look past those stiff black hairs you may notice narrow red bands on the skin.

The heavy-bodied adult moths are about two inches long and have white wings covered with circular black spots. This is why they are called leopard moths.

Although these big caterpillars feed on a wide range of plants, including many ornamental and vegetable plants, they rarely occur in large enough numbers to cause serious damage or to make treatment necessary.

Despite those stiff black hairs, these are not “stinging caterpillars.”

30/10/2025

This handsome man was brought to us by Rayville City Police. He had been roaming in the neighborhood but was no longer wanted as I think he was getting into trouble. He is pretty exuberant and puppy like and STRONG! If anyone recognizes this happy boy, please contact us at 318-417-9935.

30/10/2025

Good deeds aren't always appreciated.

30/10/2025

This dog was picked up near 121 Fordware Road in Richland Parish. It was injured and we had left notes on the owners door for 2 days. She was still bleeding and limping from a wound on her leg when we came back on the third day to find her roaming the neighborhood. We have taken her to the vet and had the wound treated and she is in foster at DHS. If anyone recognizes her, please contact 318-417-9935.

30/10/2025

This very nice dog has been roaming on Brimberry Road in Start, La. for weeks now. The neighborhood is feeding him but it's only a matter of time before something bad happens to him. Does he look familiar to anyone? We do not have room for him at the moment. Is there anyone that could foster him until we have time to figure something out? He will need to be contained somehow. If you recognize him or have any information or would like to foster, text 318-417-9935

26/10/2025

On Thursday morning we sent two puppies up to our partner, Random Rescue in Vermont. I don't think they could have been more different. Zelda is 55 lbs, calm and gently playful with long wavy black hair. Just a very pretty girl and very ladylike. Dilly, short for dill pickle, is less than 10 lb, a good bit younger than Zelda and a little, brindle, Boston terrier mix ball of energy. She is afraid of nothing and never stops going. She can jump at least four feet straight up... and she does often and with great joy. Before they arrived on Saturday morning, I warned Sam, the director at Random Rescue that Dilly was going to be a handful. But Sam has three children and my suggestion was to "use the kids to wear these puppies out." Well Sam sent us a picture this morning and I'm not sure who "wore out" who!

25/10/2025

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? This morning Yoshi is learning to do a Bluey puzzle! I can't tell you how much joy these updates on our "old man" are giving us. Thank you so much AARF and his foster mom, Beth!

25/10/2025

Most of our fans know that we send almost all of our dogs to the Northeast to find homes. But Luci was a foster fail years ago and her mama Melissa, has given not only a wonderful life to Luci, but she's taken the time to share them with us! Whenever she includes us on one of Luci's adventures it just makes our day go better!