About CAA

Companion Animal Alliance was founded in 2010 by a group of advocates who had a passion for animal welfare in the Baton Rouge area and a vision to increase the save rate of animals in our community. Since our founding, we have increased our annual save rate to 81% in 2023, from 20% in 2010.

CAA operates as the only open-intake animal shelter in East Baton Rouge Parish, caring for more than 9,000 animals each year including cats, dogs, wildlife, livestock, and other exotic house-pets. Our mission is to reduce the number of animals entering shelters by providing resources to owners, increasing spay/neuter efforts, treating animals humanely, finding forever homes, and returning lost pets to their owners.

Our Mission

Reduce the number of animals entering the shelter by:

  • Providing resources to pet owners

  • Increasing spay/neuter

Treat animals humanely while they are in the shelter’s care by:

  • Guaranteeing strong medical care

  • Providing socialization opportunities

Find forever homes, foster homes or rescues for lost and abandoned animals by:

  • Making information on adoptable animals easily accessible to the public

  • Coordinating volunteers

  • Coordinating pet transports

  • Maintaining strong relationships with local rescue organizations

Return lost pets to their families by:

  • Holding lost pets as long as possible to reunite them with families

  • Reviewing microchipped information on the pet to make contact with the owner, if available

Some of our programs include:

Pets for Life Baton Rouge, a program of Companion Animal Alliance, operates under the core belief that a lack of financial means does not equate to a lack of love felt for and provided to a pet. PFLBR is committed to bringing free animal care, services, and information directly to the Baton Rouge communities lacking access to affordable veterinary care.

Since 2015, CAA, in collaboration with the Feral Cat Coalition, has spayed/neutered and returned thousands of community cats as a part of a Trap-Neuter-Release program (TNR).

Questions? Learn more at our Frequently Asked Questions page here.

Lots of thanks and tail wags to our partners!