IN MEMORY OF

MILANO

ABBY

MEMORY

In Memoriam

Metairie Humane Dogs & Adoptees (since inception)

Who Crossed the Rainbow Bridge 2020

Metairie Humane Dogs & Adoptees (since inception)

Who Crossed the Rainbow Bridge 2021

Jeff's Rainbow
Notice the doglike cloud at the top of
the rainbow. This was taken approximately

at the time of Jeff's passing.

JUDY NEAL

Louisiana animal rights advocates are mourning the loss of one of their biggest champions following a house fire related to Hurricane Delta. Regretfully, Judy's beloved dog Marvin (shown in the picture with her) also died in the fire. Judy traveled around the state to find homes for cats and dogs who otherwise would face euthanasia. Judy devoted herself to rescue and transport work in retirement following a career in Nursing. Judy rescued several thousand animals in her van, which was known as the Critter Getter. We at Metairie Humane lovingly referred to her as our "dog dealer". Through the years, Judy has brought many dogs to us from around the state. Although we know that she earned her angel wings and was welcomed into Heaven by many of the dogs that she saved, who have since crossed the Rainbow Bridge, we will miss her deeply. The void that is left behind by her loss is one that is hard to imagine ever being filled. She was one of a kind whose spirit will remain with us to give us strength to rescue dogs as she did. As rescuers, all we can do is try to help always "take just one more" and "keep em moving" by helping one dog at a time! Judy, we love you, we miss you, and we will try our hardest to make you proud. REST IN PEACE KIND SOUL!

Our little Hope has made the trip to the Rainbow Bridge on Dec 4. Dr Vennen confirmed what Cindy & Jami knew that Hope just couldn’t fight any longer! We did everything we could for her, but the odds were against her from the minute we got her!! She put up a courageous fight, but in the end she was just too tired to fight through all that was wrong. We know she is in a better place now where she can see, hear and run with all the dogs!! So sorry we couldn’t make you healthy and happy little one.

IRENE M. BURKE

Irene loved her daughter Eileen, who is an active volunteer with Metairie Humane, and her fur babies Molly and Red (adopted from Metairie Humane in 2011) very much. She was a strong supporter of Metairie Humane since its formation. Irene passed away on January 31, 2020 at the age of 94, after a short illness. Before her passing, she requested that in lieu of flowers she wanted donations to be made to Metairie Humane in her memory. Due to her thoughtfulness, Metairie Humane received over $500 to continue its mission to save dogs from kill shelters, and help them to find their life time love affairs with their new families. We are sure that all the fur babies that she had loved so much before they crossed the Rainbow Bridge (Butch, Colleen, Susy, Lucky, Claire, Sandy, and Jeff) were all waiting to greet her in Heaven.

JEFF
Metairie Humane Shelter's mascot crossed
the Rainbow Bridge on May 28th 2018.
Jeff is joining Sandy his favorite girlfriend.
He is greatly missed by his human Mamas,
Eileen and Irene. His four legged sisters,
Red and Molly miss him too.
He was such a great participant at all of
the Metairie Humane's fundraisers. Won
several awards in the costume contests.
We want to thank you for all of your prayers
and kind words. The doctors tried very hard
and Jeff tried even harder to save his life. We are saddened by his Passing. Jeff will forever be the Metairie Humane Shelter's Mascot.

JETT (a/k/a Scout)

Our sweet girl had several birth defects. One of which was a ventricular septal defect, which is a hole in the muscle that separates the bottom heart chambers. This allowed blood to go from the left side of the heart into the right side and then into the lungs. She also had pulmonic stenosis which causes thickened pulmonic valve leaflets that do not open as well as they should. As a result, she developed an enlarged heart and fluid in her lungs. These issues could not be repaired. She had begun to drown on the fluid in her lungs, and was struggling to breathe. We had no option but to help this sweet girl cross the Rainbow Bridge so she would not suffer any more. We tried our best, but could not seve her. God needed a new angel in Heaven.

BOGGIE