LA/SPCA Establishes Multi-Agency Team to Assess 'State-of-Animals' in New Orleans

New Orleans

November 15, 2005

The The Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (LA/SPCA), a private non-profit organization (chartered in 1888) dedicated to the elimination of animal suffering, has recently announced it has established a multi-agency assessment team that will evaluate the state-of-animals in the city of New Orleans.

Laura Maloney, Executive Director of the LA/SPCA, explained that the goal behind this initiative is to gather accurate and objective information regarding the state-of-animals in N.O. She had further stated that in doing so, they hoped to effectively plan for the continued recovery of New Orleans animals.

The assessment team includes two professionals each from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), The Humane Society of the United States, The United Animal Nations (UAN), The Best Friends Animal Society, The American Humane Association, and US Public Health Services.

Beginning Tuesday, November 15, teams of two were be deployed to different sections of the city where they would collect detailed data for two days and nights. The information so collected will then be analyzed and used for putting together a set of operations that meets the needs of the animals and citizens in the New Orleans community.

LA/SPCA located at 701 Thayer Street, N.O. is open seven days a week between 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.