Companion Animal Alliance

Our mission is to keep pets and people together whenever possible, increase spay/neuter efforts, treat animals humanely, find loving homes, and return lost pets to their owners.

Companion Animal Alliance (CAA) is the open-intake municipal animal shelter serving East Baton Rouge Parish. Through our contract with the City-Parish, we provide shelter and care for stray, abandoned, neglected, injured, displaced, and surrendered animals while working to create positive outcomes for pets and the people who love them.

As both the municipal shelter and a nonprofit organization, our mission extends far beyond our shelter walls. Every day, we work to reunite lost pets with their families, connect adoptable animals with loving homes, provide lifesaving medical care, support responsible pet ownership, and expand access to resources that help families keep their pets.

Our vision is for Baton Rouge to be a community where every pet has a safe home, and every family has access to the resources they need to care for the animals they love.

Adoptions, Fostering Program, Spay/Neuter Services, Medical Care, Animal Rescue/Transport, Public Education, Volunteer Program

The CAA adoption process is designed to help each adopter find the right match. Potential adopters can browse available pets online, visit the shelter, attend an adoption event, or schedule a meet-and-greet with a pet in foster care. Once you find a pet you’re interested in, our team will help facilitate a meet-and-greet, provide information about the pet, and walk you through adoption counseling. If it’s a good fit, you’ll complete the adoption paperwork, pay any applicable adoption fee, and get ready to welcome your new companion home!

People can view CAA’s adoptable pets online through our website, visit the shelter in person during adoption hours, or meet select pets at CAA adoption events throughout the Baton Rouge community. Many of our adoptable pets are also living in foster homes, and our foster team can help coordinate meet-and-greets with interested adopters. With pets in the shelter, foster homes, and out in the community, there are plenty of ways to meet your new best friend!