Natchitoches’ indefatigable animal welfare group, Friends All United for Natchitoches Animals (FAUNA) in conjunction with the Bissell Pet Foundation, helped provide a new and better life for a group of 20 dogs that had been abandoned throughout the parish on Aug. 26.

A group of FAUNA volunteers met a van from the Bissell Pet Foundation and transferred the dogs. They joined a group of animals from South Louisiana on their journey to new homes in Wisconsin and Indiana.