Lafayette Animal Shelter and Care Center (LASCC)
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Hours: Adoptions Monday-Friday 8 am-4:30 pm and Saturday 12-2 pm
- What it is
- Shelters and rescues
- Where
- Lafayette Parish
- Status
- Open
- Checked
- on the official website, November 5, 2026
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Lafayette Consolidated Government animal shelter and animal control offering adoptions (pets are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, dewormed and microchipped), lost and found, microchip stations, rehoming help, trap loans, cruelty and complaint response, and the Cats Clocking In working cat program with SpayNation. Lafayette Parish residents may be added to the Bissell Pet Foundation Fix the Future spay/neuter schedule.
How to reach them
Where: Lafayette Parish
Hours: Adoptions Monday-Friday 8 am-4:30 pm and Saturday 12-2 pm
Good to know
- How to get started: Report strays, nuisance animals or cruelty by calling LASCC Monday-Friday 8 am-5 pm; officers answer emergency calls only after hours and weekends for dangerous animals or bites. Traps are borrowed in person Monday-Friday 8 am-5 pm. General questions: (337) 291-8200 or 311.
Emergency? Call your veterinarian or the nearest 24-hour emergency hospital now, and tell them if cost is a barrier. Emergency signs and poison hotlines
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Other help near Lafayette
- Spay/neuter SpayNation for Dogs & Cats · Lafayette · 2 mi
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