Welcome to the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine's
Hurricane Katrina Emergency Animal Shelter

Louisiana State University (LSU) and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) are working together to provide loving care and shelter for pets until they can be reunited with their families who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

The Hurricane Katrina Emergency Animal Shelter was created to provide temporary care and shelter for pets of people who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

The vast majority of animals that were cared for at this shelter were pets relinquished by their owners while they sought to stabilize their own living arrangements and be reunited with their pets. Only a small number of animals with unknown owners were cared for at this shelter.

The LSU Emergency Animal Shelter stopped accepting animals as of September 30th, 2005 and closes down all operations on October 10th, 2005. Animals that were left here after September 30th, 2005 are considered “abandoned” and are being conditionally adopted into shelters and foster homes. Unaltered animals may undergo spaying or neutering depending on the policies of the shelters that receive them.

 All owners who relinquished their pets to this shelter signed a release notifying them that they must pick up their pets by September 30th, 2005.

All animals that have been conditionally adopted into a shelter, or with an individual, will be held until December 31st, 2005 to allow an appropriate length of time for owners to be reunited with their pets. Should the original owner come forward and reclaim their pet by December 31, 2005 then the animal must be relinquished to the original owner.

If you are looking for your pet, and you relinquished your pet at LSU Emergency Animal Shelter, please click here.

To search the pets with unknown owners that were housed at LSU Emergency Animal Shelter, please click here.

For all other lost pet inquiries, please go to www.Petfinder.com and www.PetHarbor.com.