Defending animals since 1988
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New Community Pet Watch Program Underway in New Orleans
With your support, HSL has been working in the trenches for more than 24 years, fighting cruelty and working hard to improve the lives of animals in New Orleans. This February, we kicked off our new Community Pet Watch initiative - our innovative new volunteer program, which is specifically designed to complement and improve our effectiveness in the field. Based on other successful community-based crime prevention programs, the pilot program relies on the volunteer support of Community Team Captains and neighborhood coordinators. Team Captains and volunteers will monitor their communities and canvass neighborhoods to address specific problems and bring aid to animals in need. Major media outlets in the New Orleans are dedicated significant coverage to the new initiative this month. According to HSL founder, Jeff Dorson, "We are recruiting volunteers to be our eyes and ears on the streets. We're looking for team players, who can work effectively with code enforcement workers, NOPD officers, elected officials and concerned citizens to resolve issues of animal cruelty or mistreatment." Dorson points out that while there are many instances of intentional cruelty reported, animals often suffer at the hands of otherwise well-meaning caretakers who simply cannot afford veterinary care or needed animal care supplies. "If we work in partnership to identify and help resolve some of these cases, we can reduce animal suffering and hopefully minimize the numbers of animals abandoned or relinquished to already overburdened NOLA shelters and rescue groups." You can see Jeff in a live interview on WWL by clicking here. To volunteer for the program, please register on our web site/ We will keep you posted about neighborhood meetings and activities associated with the Community Pet Watch program.
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Humane Education Program in Focus
Volunteer Program Director Katrina Perkowska introduces her duck pal,
Pinky, to interested young people at a Boys and Girls Club of NOLA event.
We were pleased to get such positive feedback last year about our new humane education program for students in the greater New Orleans area. Thanks to our committed volunteer educators and their animal assistants, we are once again showing local youngsters that defenseless creatures should be treated with compassion and respect. If you are a teacher - or if you are associated with a youth group or class which could benefit from our educational program - please contact us at info@humanela.org. We're sure you all agree that creating a kinder tomorrow must start with the children of today.
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"If a man aspires to righteous life, his first act of
abstinence is from injury to animals."
-Albert Einstein
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