Ouachita Parish Animal Services

Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 7 am-4 pm; Saturday 10 am-2 pm; closed Wednesday and Sunday. Adoptions 10 am-2 pm (except Wednesday and Sunday)

What it is

Shelters and rescues

Where

Ouachita Parish

Status

Open

Checked

on the official website, November 5, 2026

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Parish animal shelter and animal control protecting public safety and health related to domestic and wild animals and enforcing parish animal ordinances. Offers adoptions, lost animal reports and volunteer and rescue partnerships.

Checked on the official website · November 5, 2026 What this means
An independently researched listing, not a statement of partnership or endorsement.

Good to know

• How to get started: Call or visit during shelter hours. Lost animals can be reported with the online form. After-hours emergencies: (318) 329-1200.

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 West Monroe

• Spay/neuter SOS Pets of Ouachita - Spay or Snip, Our Pets of Ouachita · West Monroe · 2 mi
• Vet clinic Premier Pet Emergency Clinic · Monroe · 5 mi

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Sources

Ouachita Parish Animal Services official page, checked November 5, 2026.