Friends of Ouachita Parish Animal Shelter - OPAS

09/10/2026

🐾 We're HIRING! 🐾

Ouachita Parish Animal Shelter is looking for dedicated, compassionate individuals to join our team as Part-Time Kennel Workers! If you love working with animals and want to make a real difference in our community, we'd love to hear from you.

Position: Part-Time Kennel Worker

How to Apply: Submit your application online here: https://form.jotform.com/242754167873063

Help us spread the word by sharing this post! 🐶🐱

09/09/2026

09/08/2026

URGENT: BOTTLE-FEEDING KITTENS NEED FOSTER HOMES

We are facing a critical need for foster placement for five 4-week-old kittens that arrived this afternoon. These babies require immediate around-the-clock bottle-feeding, and we have no overnight staff to care for them.

About the Kittens: We have four males and one female. The smallest tabico kitten is the female; all other kittens are males. They can be separated if needed, but they must move to foster care immediately.

Requirements: We require that you are at least 18 years old and reside within Ouachita Parish to foster.

While we can keep them fed tonight, we need a volunteer commitment as soon as possible. Pickup will be at the shelter starting at 7:00 AM tomorrow (Wednesdays we are closed to the public, but you can still come to the shelter to pick them up).

09/07/2026

🐾 MEET YOUR MATCH MONDAY! 🐾 THE SHELTER IS CLOSED TODAY for Labor Day but you can go meet this handsome boy on Tuesday. He’s a sweet, silly pup who has been at the shelter since July. He just wants a family to call his own. See his video in the comments. 💕

This page is run by volunteers, if you have questions, please contact the shelter directly.

Stop by the Ouachita Parish Animal Shelter from 10-2 and meet all of the amazing dogs and cats looking for homes! You can see some of the dogs here https://www.facebook.com/share/1ADTXW3kAD/?

If you can’t adopt, another way to help is by donating needed supplies from their Amazon list https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WFT6TFQEOJSX?ref_=wl_share

📌For more info, contact the shelter at 318-325-0756 or 318-323-4032. The best option is to go by there at 417 Well Rd, West Monroe, LA.

📌 If you are a rescue interested in helping one or more of our dogs/cats, please email [email protected]

📌If you are missing a pet or livestock, in addition to visiting in person, you can email a photo to [email protected] and/or fill out this lost animal report https://oppj.org/departments/animal_control/index.php

Shelter Hours:
7:00a-4:00p, Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri (Closed Wed & Sun), 10:00a-2:00p, Sat
Intakes:
7:00a-3:00p, Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri (Closed Wed)
Adoptions & walk through meet/greets:
10:00a-2:00p Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat (Closed Wed)

Adoption fees (includes spay/neuter):
Dogs - $80
Cats - $70

09/05/2026

RESCUES AND ADOPTERS THE SHELTER PETS NEED YOU! If you have been thinking of adopting, there are SO many dogs/cats to choose from so please take a look. The shelter works with rescues so if you see dogs or cats you may be able to help with, please reach out! 🙏🏻 Thank you!

NEW dogs at the shelter as of 9/5/26. Each week, new dogs are posted in a NEW album. Please share them as well as the entire album which is here https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=ouachitaparish.animalshelter&set=a.771036821723616

You can see some of the shelter cats at https://24petconnect.com/ (choose 'cats' and enter zip code 71292). There are also usually cats at Petsmart in Monroe & Petsense in West Monroe.

****PLEASE READ!**** THIS PAGE IS RUN BY VOLUNTEERS. If you are interested in one of these dogs, the best option is to go to the shelter...you can also call but they are not usually near the phone during the day.

These dogs were at the Ouachita Parish Animal Shelter as of the date of this album. Some are available now, some may still be on hold and available soon, some may be "rescue only" due to their young age, some may have owners who will be coming to claim them, some may not be available due to pending animal cruelty charges, etc. This is a public shelter that takes in many animals each week, consider them all urgent.

📌If you are missing a pet or livestock, in addition to visiting in person, you can email a photo to [email protected] and/or fill out this lost animal report https://oppj.org/departments/animal_control/index.php

📌For more info, contact the shelter at 318-325-0756 or 318-323-4032. The best option is to go by there at 417 Well Rd, West Monroe, LA.

📌 If you are a rescue interested in helping one or more of our dogs/cats, please email [email protected]

**Shelter Hours:
7:00a-4:00p Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri (closed Wed & Sun)
10:00a-2:00p on Saturday

**Intakes:
7:00a-3:00p, Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat (closed Wed & Sun)
**Adoptions & walk through meet/greets:
10:00a-2:00p Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat

**Adoption fees (includes spay/neuter):
Dogs - $80
Cats - $70

If you’d like to donate items to help the animals, check out their wishlist https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WFT6TFQEOJSX?ref_=wl_fv_le

09/05/2026

RESCUES AND ADOPTERS THE SHELTER PETS NEED YOU! If you have been thinking of adopting, there are SO many dogs/cats to choose from so please take a look. The shelter works with rescues so if you see dogs or cats you may be able to help with, please reach out! 🙏🏻 Thank you!

New dogs added to the full shelter album as of 9/5/26. Please share them!

You can see some of the shelter cats at https://24petconnect.com/ (choose 'cats' and enter zip code 71292). There are also usually cats at Petsmart in Monroe & Petsense in West Monroe.

****PLEASE READ!**** THIS PAGE IS RUN BY VOLUNTEERS. Pictures are posted by a volunteer once a week on Saturday. The pics will be deleted each week if the dogs are no longer at the shelter. If you are looking for a picture to see if a dog is still there, you can look in the weekly photo albums to see that info. Those pictures are not deleted but updated instead.

If you are interested in one of these dogs, the best option is to go to the shelter...you can also call the shelter but they are not usually near the phone during the day.

These dogs were at the Ouachita Parish Animal Shelter as of the date of this album. Some are available now, some may still be on hold and available soon, some may be "rescue only" due to their young age, some may have owners who will be coming to claim them, some may not be available due to pending animal cruelty charges, etc. This is a public shelter that takes in many animals each week, consider them all urgent.

📌If you are missing a pet or livestock, in addition to visiting in person, you can email a photo to [email protected] and/or fill out this lost animal report https://oppj.org/departments/animal_control/index.php

📌For more info, contact the shelter at 318-325-0756 or 318-323-4032. The best option is to go by there at 417 Well Rd, West Monroe, LA.

📌 If you are a rescue interested in helping one or more of our dogs/cats, please email [email protected]

**Shelter Hours:
7:00a-4:00p Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri (closed Wed & Sun)
10:00a-2:00p on Saturday

**Intakes:
7:00a-3:00p, Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat (closed Wed & Sun)
**Adoptions & walk through meet/greets:
10:00a-2:00p Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat

**Adoption fees (includes spay/neuter):
Dogs - $80
Cats - $70

09/05/2026

🐾 IT’S THE WEEKEND…ADOPT A FRIEND 🐾

Stop by the Ouachita Parish Animal Shelter from 10-2 Saturday and meet all of the amazing dogs and cats looking for homes! You can see some of the dogs here https://www.facebook.com/share/1ADTXW3kAD/? and some of the cats here, just search by zip code 71292 https://24petconnect.com/

If you can’t adopt, another way to help is by donating needed supplies from their Amazon list https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WFT6TFQEOJSX?ref_=wl_share

📌For more info, contact the shelter at 318-325-0756 or 318-323-4032. The best option is to go by there at 417 Well Rd, West Monroe, LA.

📌 If you are a rescue interested in helping one or more of our dogs/cats, please email [email protected]

📌If you are missing a pet or livestock, in addition to visiting in person, you can email a photo to [email protected] and/or fill out this lost animal report https://oppj.org/departments/animal_control/index.php

Shelter Hours:
7:00a-4:00p, Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri (Closed Wed & Sun), 10:00a-2:00p, Sat
Intakes:
7:00a-3:00p, Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri (Closed Wed)
Adoptions & walk through meet/greets:
10:00a-2:00p Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat (Closed Wed)

Adoption fees (includes spay/neuter):
Dogs - $80
Cats - $70

08/31/2026

These beauties adopted recently! Even though the cat pictures are not posted like dog pictures, we have some beautiful cats for adoption! Stop by and see what we have between 10 -2!