Friends of the Jefferson Animal Shelter

The Friends of the Jefferson Animal Shelter is a nonprofit organization and public charity. Our mission is to assist the Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter by implementing programs to provide care for animals too young to be housed at the shelter, adoption programs to decrease the number of animals that must be euthanized by the shelter, and otherwise assisting as advised of needs by the shelter directors and staff. We currently have the following programs in place: 1. Monthly Pet Adoption Days - Animals from the Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter are brought to offsite locations each month by our volunteers. Many people find a visit to the shelter too stressful, so offsite Pet Adoption Days provide potential adopters an alternative place to see the shelter animals. 2. Volunteers help maintain the Cat Adoption Center, known as The Purr Pad at Jefferson Feed, Pet & Garden Center, which features felines from the Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter. 3. The Kitten Fostering Program - we began this program in April 2001 to give shelter kittens younger than six weeks old a chance to reach adoptable age by being fostered in the homes of volunteers. This minimizes their exposure to disease and provides the care and nurturing they need to become loving companions. 4. Shelter Dog Socialization - This program is brand new and provides shelter dogs with exercise, socialization, and obedience training on weekday afternoons.
PO Box 1079, Metairie LA US 70001
http://www.fjas.petfinder.com Email: fjaskittens@yahoo.com

Cats

Dogs

Non-Profit

501(c)3

No-Kill

Special Need Animals

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