The Delta Humane Society of Louisiana

26/07/2025

These cute puppies have been roaming on McDuff Drive in Winnsboro, La. since at least last Thursday. They are friendly and look fairly healthy. Do they look familiar to anyone? I believe they all have bobtails. Please share and if anyone has any information please text 318-303-1448 or 318-417-9935.

22/07/2025

This friendly dog has been hanging around a home on Bobby Woods Road in Baskin, Louisiana for several months now. He comes and goes but never stays away for long. Does he look familiar to anyone? Please share his photograph and let's try and get this sweet boy back home. If you have any information you can text 318-417-9935 or 318-303-1448.

19/07/2025

This friendly, young dog showed up at a home on Sharp Loop in Fort Necessity, Louisiana a couple of days ago. It looks well cared for so it may have been frightened by recent thunderstorms. If you recognize, please text 318-417-9935 or 318-303-1448. DHS is on intake hold and we have absolutely no place to put it. It is currently still running loose but is being fed. It won't survive long like that, though.

17/07/2025

This is Jester. DHS picked him up several months ago from where he had been hanging out as a stray near Frazier road in Franklin Parish. He had been there a long, long time and was surviving from the kindness of strangers. From the debris we found near his sleeping place in the woods, he lived on everything from dollar store dog food to tacos to Oreos. It took us a while to catch him because he was very wary. He obviously wanted the food or treats we had but not to be caught or touched. We had even tried traps but he's a smart old boy. We were able to throw him a treat with a Simparica Trio in it though, to rid him of the ticks we could see. We finally brought in reinforcements and PK Sykes, Kim Goldman(with her rotisserie chicken) and I managed to entice him into being snagged. He wasn't too terribly thin (dogs can get fat off junk food too) and although his coat was rough and dull, he wasn't in that bad of shape especially for a dog that sometimes napped in the middle of Route 132! Fast forward to just a few months ago and after he had been neutered and received all of his vaccinations and started doxycycline prior to heartworm treatment, he seemed to be well on his way to being healthy and happy. He was starting to calm down and walk well on a leash, becoming house trained, not being aggressive toward other dogs and being allowed to roam off lead (but still dragging a tether because old habits die hard and sometimes he just wouldn't come to be caught.) And then... he started scratching and we mean REALLY scratching so that he opened up bloody sores on his back and hip. Without going into the details which involve Bravecto, Cytopoint, Apoquel and switching him to sensitive skin kibble (that we freeze prior to feeding) we thought we had a handle on it. He was still scratching under his belly more often than we would have liked but had no open lesions .....until this morning. He had this huge oozing sore on his back. "Jess" is allergic to something and we need to find out what. He needs allergy testing. There are just too many factors involved for us to try to figure it out by process of elimination while he continues to suffer. So we're asking for your help. Blood and/or skin testing to identify the allergens will cost about $800. And we're asking you for your help in raising that amount for him. In the meantime, we are doing all we can to keep him comfortable including trying not to let him come into contact with grass (just in case that's the culprit) but that's pretty much impossible on a farm.
Please consider donating for Jess's allergy testing. If everyone donated just $5, we would have this covered in a snap! And please share this with your friends. Jess is a boy that has been through a lot and needs just a little bit of help to get over this new speed bump on his way to being ready for a new home. You can donate any way that is most convenient for you. We will share the links below.
Mail checks to DHS 165 Covington Rd Rayville La. 71269 (note that it's for Jess)
PayPal.me/dhsla
Or you can pay TVS, our veterinarian, directly by calling 318-435-7774 and telling them you would like to donate towards Jester's care.
I know allergy testing may seem trivial compared to the dogs we post about with gunshot wounds or hit by car trauma or just neglected into starvation but Jess can't go to a new home until he is healthy. With your help, we're determined to get that done. If you have any questions at all, you can text 318-303-1448 or 318-417-9935.
Thanks!

17/07/2025

We need some Good Samaritans in the Ruston, Louisiana area to help these babies until they can get into rescue. In Louisiana, sometimes that's the best that we can do.

10/07/2025

Some education for our friends in the north...... We have fire ants here! And they are a real danger to pets and livestock... especially if the animal is contained where it can't escape them. So please, people that live locally, take note. Hundreds of them will attack and bite anything that gets in their way. All of us have been attacked by them when we inadvertently disturbed them. They can kill smaller animals and cause serious injuries, some that can even result in death, to larger ones. At the foster farm, we check the igloos and around the kennels and we spray them with insecticide. These ants can build a mound overnight and take over an 8x10 kennel and especially a dog house in less than a day.
This morning I put Jess, one of our dogs that is usually crated in the house, outside on a tether for a bit. He is an older dog and was neutered later and is set in his ways. He wants to dominate other dogs and it ends in fights so he can't be out in a play yard with friends. He also can't run loose because he will go roaming. That's the reason we tether him out for an hour or so so he can get some sunshine and exercise. We are trying to help him gain weight also, so we feed him breakfast while he's tethered outside as an extra meal. This morning I put him out, came back and made his breakfast which he usually gobbles up, and brought it to him. After about half an hour I glanced over to check on him. I noticed that instead of checking out his surroundings, he was at the very end of his tether away from his food that hadn't been eaten. When I went out to check on him, this is what I found. The ants found his food and swarmed over it in a matter of half an hour. It's all my fault because I didn't check this morning to see if I saw any aunt mounds. But he just been out there last evening and there weren't any. So if you're local, take a moment if your animals are housed outside or just kept there temporarily to check their surroundings. Not just for ants but if you're in the country, for snakes too. The animals we own are totally dependent on us for their well-being. That includes making sure they have safe surroundings, shade, water and shelter. It's the law in Louisiana that they do!

09/07/2025

This came up on our memories today. We did let this little guy loose near the pond in a fenced-in paddock. I like to think he survived and raised a family.

01/07/2025

DHS is asking for help. We hate to ask again so soon for food donations but we have no regular source of funding for our 118 dogs and puppies. It's not sustainable to have this many animals in our care but who else is going to do it? Every time we try to pause intake, we learn of animals that won't survive without help and we can't ignore them. So please, if you can, help us to help them. There are links to our Chewy and Amazon Wish Lists at the top of the page but the most cost-effective way to help is to purchase a Tractor Supply e gift card for DHS online. They are available to us immediately and we have additional discounts at our local Tractor Supply that stretches your donation to even greater purchasing power. Click on the picture below.
All you need to know is our email address, [email protected] and our name, the Delta Humane Society of Louisiana.
We are so grateful for your continued support to help all the neglected animals in our area.

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01/07/2025

Molly Anne was picked up as a stray by DHS near Sicily Island, Louisiana. Thanks to our volunteers, foster Marcia Williamson, transporters and our long time partner, AARF... this girl has really hit the lottery!

💥 Who is ready for our SOLD OUT AARF's 7th Annual Wags & Whiskers BINGO this Sunday at Jemicy School? 💥

…One of the newest members of the AARFily Ever After Club is: MollyAnn (formerly known as Princess Ann)! This lucky dog went home with the head of Jemicy School recently. We’re sure she’ll not only learn to mind her Ps and Qs, but learn what it’s like to be in a forever family ❤️ Congrats! 🎉

🍀 We can’t wait to see all you lucky dogs and clever cats on Sunday for BINGO🍀

**This is a fully sold out event and there will be no tickets at the door - do not engage the scammers trying to sell tickets, they come out of the woodwork each year**

29/06/2025

It's hot out there! Please make sure your animals, if they can't be brought inside, have a decent fan or are at least in shade and have plenty of water. The air can be 10° cooler for an animal if it's under a sizable tree. And for gosh sakes, don't just set a bucket of water on the ground where it can easily be tipped over. It takes 5 minutes to secure a bucket within the dog's reach by fastening the handle to a post or a tree or a fence. We will give you a screw eye and snap if you need it!
Animals can die in this heat! The second year I did rescue after moving to Louisiana, we got a call about a dog chained out on an open lawn with no shade. It was fairly close to my house so I got there within half an hour but it was too late. She had died in the hot sun chained just 20 ft from the shade of the house. She was at the very end of her chain as close to that shade as she could get but it wasn't close enough. AND... It wasn't as hot that day as it is now. I'll carry that image with me forever.
If you see something, say something. You can call law enforcement or you can text DHS and we will do our best.

21/06/2025

This little one has been wandering around Hill road south of Rayville for almost a week. It is very friendly and seems well taken care of. It must belong to someone and I can't understand why they're not looking. Please share and let's try to get this puppy, who looks to be about 5 months old, back with its family. Must show proof of ownership to reclaim. Text 318-417-9935 if you have any information.