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Pet-Friendly Shelter – Humane Society Of Louisiana

Animal Fair respectfully awards the Humane Society of Louisiana the coveted 2008 Cesar® Five Dog Bone Award for the most dedicated and Pet-Friendliest Shelter! The Humane Society works tirelessly at saving animals and creating new programs to ensure animal safety. This shelter has been at the forefront of animal protection

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New Orleans, Louisiana

The Krewe Of Barkus and Meoux Mardi Gras revelers come in all shapes and sizes. Nowhere is this more evident than the Krewe of Barkus and Meoux parade, a celebration of four-legged friends. Originally started in 1992 to commemorate the dogs lost in the early days of the Russian space

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Safari American Style

Forget the visas and the vaccinations. Never mind the jetlag or the expense of foreign travel. Exotic wildlife encounters can be experienced daily in America’s backyard. At the Global Wildlife Center in Folsom, Louisiana (an hour north of New Orleans), some 30 exotic and endangered species and over 3000 animals,

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New Orleans
Wendy Diamond

The Three R’s of Restoring New Orleans

Until last August, New Orleans personified how the Old-World-Jazz culture could fuse seamlessly with a modern charm, the successful combination of nonchalance and vivacity, and a certain je ne sais quoi not found in any other American city. New Orleans has always exuded a sense of being almost otherworldly, and

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