NATURE CONSERVATION – WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
DOMESTIC ADMINISTRATION – EXOTIC STEWARDSHIP
ZOOLOGY – REHABILITATION
TIME TO RISE!
Mission Statement: Sundown Inc. Nature Preserve is a professional 501(c)(3) nonprofit sanctuary with three locations (Louisiana & Texas) designed for better animal welfare with a special focus on nonreleasable wildlife.
Currently, we are expanding to include a proposed 15 + nature preserve habitat, allowing the community to disappear into the serenity of nature — a quiet place to breathe, pray, wander among the trees and water, and remember who we are when the world gets loud. Future protected wetland preserve, open for peaceful reflection, education, and healing. See our Nature Preserve page for more info.
We care for wildlife, exotics, and pets. Pets stay in private homes through our partnership with PetFinder, Rescue Me, and Lafayette Animal Shelter & Care Center lascc@lafayettela.gov, 337-291-5644 — never at the sanctuary, where they feel safest.
Sundown is not a business. Sundown is a ministry. Businesses sell. Ministries give. Big difference. Our ministry is lifetime stewardship for animals that cannot be released.
Community — Our Family: You are not alone. When you find injured wildlife late at night, when your neighbor can no longer keep their dog, when you just need some answers — we’re here. We triage wildlife with love and professional care under our WRP K5 certification; we give lifetime homes to those who cannot go back to the wild under our USDA Lifetime Sanctuary 72-C-0239, and we keep pets with their people through our Community Rehoming Referral — pets stay in their private owner homes, NOT at our sanctuary, posted on Petfinder as a courtesy through our partnership with our friends at Lafayette Animal Shelter & Care Center. We also teach conservation, because preserving nature starts with people.
Our team works around the clock to ensure nonreleasable residents — including geriatric, disabled, and trauma-survivor wildlife deemed nonreleasable by LDWF/USFWS — receive lifetime veterinary care, nutritious diets, and species-appropriate housing in full compliance with USDA lifetime sanctuary standards. While they may not have had the best start, our residents finish their journey with the dignity they deserve.
Education: Sundown collaborates with professional organizations, various entities, and the general public to raise awareness about the responsibilities of exotic and domestic pet ownership, plus the pros and cons of wildlife, their essential roles in our ecosystems, as well as the many ways communities can promote better coexistence with these precious souls.
Listed below are just some of our proud attributes:
Designed, created, and developed the original (former) LDWF permit test.
Developed a powerful Contingency Program used by the USDA as a teaching guideline for other organizations.
Operates on a 24/7 basis (no breaks from the horrors of inhumanity).
Assists all local & statewide agencies in EMR situations.
Offers rescue, adoption, rehabilitation, relocation programs, and more.
Donates up to $15,000 for buildings and other supplies to other rescue organizations.
Works with authorities to remove hoarded/abused animals from deplorable situations.
Participates in multiple community programs such as the popular TNR.
Offers Hospice programs & support.
Provides educational classes for professional foundations and individuals to aid and assist in better animal welfare.
Teamed up with Benner’s to design & manufacture the first cageless “Cat Fence System” that has become so popular today.
And that is just half of what we have done and continue to do. Please take a few minutes to look around and view all that we offer. We are constantly adding and updating information, so be sure to check back regularly or sign up for our newsletter to stay informed and up-to-date on the matters that mean the most to you.
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