Southern Animal Foundation

Southern Animal Foundation is a full service veterinary clinic, 501(c)(3) non profit, and adoption/rescue agency established in 1995 and located in New Orleans, LA

Founded in 1995 by two devout animal lovers, Anne Bell and Paul Berry, Southern Animal Foundation has grown from a grass roots organization to a full service, non-profit animal hospital. SAF rescues and treats companion animals from all over our state, as well as Mississippi. In 2002, fire destroyed our building, but we have come back bigger and better. In 2002, after a devastating fire to our original facility, Southern Animal Foundation received a generous grant from the Frances McDonough Memorial Foundation. The grant helped us realize one of our greatest goals. Within a year after the Magazine Street fire that destroyed our shelter, we were able to open one of New Orlean's only low-cost, non-profit veterinary clinics. After Hurricane Katrina, the McDonough Foundation gave us the opportunity to open a second building, right next door to our main clinic. The Frances McDonough Memorial Animal Clinic Annex building houses our extra surgery suites. In the annex, we have been able to spay and neuter over 10,000 cats and dogs since Hurricane Katrina

Mission — The mission of SAF is to eliminate the need for euthanasia as a means to control the epidemic of animal overpopulation in the greater New Orleans and surrounding areas. It is our goal to give every pet, owned or abandoned, the chance at life they deserve