Friends of Ouachita Parish Animal Shelter - OPAS

08/24/2026

🐾 MEET YOUR MATCH MONDAY! 🐾 This pretty girl is about 5 months old and has been at the shelter since June. She hopes to meet her match today💕 Go see her from 10-2!

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

08/23/2026

Adoption pics rolling out from Thursday & today! Thanks to all who came to the offsite adoption event! We hope all of the new fur babies are settling in!

08/23/2026

🐾 ⭐️ SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT ⭐️ 🐾 5 pups enjoyed a day away from the shelter on Saturday at the Petsmart adoption event today. Queenie, Robin, Sheila & Steve-O found new families 💕

Paco had lots of fun but he had to return to the shelter where he hopes to find a family this coming week 🤞🏻Please share his adorable face and let’s get him a loving home!

Go meet him from 10-2 this week (shelter is closed on Wednesday)!

You can see some of the other dogs here https://www.facebook.com/share/1ADTXW3kAD/? and some of the cats here, just search by zip code 71292 https://24petconnect.com/

📌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 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

08/22/2026

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 8/22/26. 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

08/22/2026

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 8/22/26. 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

08/22/2026

The Ouachita Parish Animal Shelter is closed today (8/22/26) due to an adoption event at Petsmart in Monroe. You can stop by Petsmart from 12-4 to see the lucky pups who are looking for love ❤️ Visit this page to check out the line up of dogs who will be attending! Adoption fee is $80 (cash only).

08/22/2026

🐾 **Puppy love is waiting for you!** 🐾

Looking to add a furry new best friend to your family? Come find your match this Saturday! The shelter will be closed so stop by Petsmart instead.

* **📅 When:** This Saturday, August 22nd | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
* **📍 Where:** PetSmart
* **💵 Adoption Fee:** $80 (Cash only, please!)

All of our available pups are fully up-to-date on their shots and already spayed or neutered. They are healthy, happy, and ready to meet you!

Stop by, fall in love, and give a rescue pup their forever home. ❤ Meet the dogs in the attached photos!!

08/21/2026

🐾 **Puppy love is waiting for you!** 🐾

Looking to add a furry new best friend to your family? Come find your match this Saturday!

* **📅 When:** This Saturday, August 22nd | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
* **📍 Where:** PetSmart
* **💵 Adoption Fee:** $80 (Cash only, please!)

All of our available pups are fully up-to-date on their shots and already spayed or neutered. They are healthy, happy, and ready to meet you!

Stop by, fall in love, and give a rescue pup their forever home. ❤ Meet the dogs in the attached photos!!

08/21/2026

UPDATE - ADOPTED

Robin is a super star ⭐️! She made her TV debut this morning on KNOE’s Adopt A Pet segment. Go meet her today from 10-2 and if she’s not adopted today, she’ll be at the Petsmart adoption event on Saturday from 12-4 (video says Petsense but it is Petsmart in Monroe). See her pic and video in comments.

Meet Robin!