St. Tammany Animal Shelter director emotional over community’s response to mayday announcement [Video]

In a heartfelt message on social media, the director of the St. Tammany Department of Animal Services thanked the community for stepping up to save dozens of dogs. On Monday, the shelter announced that 25 animals only had days left before going on the euthanasia list due to overcrowding.The news tugging at the hearts of animal lovers across the state and across the country who stepped up to help. On Facebook Friday, director Robert Bremer said, “At our little shelter in the woods, a miracle happened.”Since Monday, 157 animals have been adopted or fostered from the shelter. Initially, there were 129 dogs and 113 cats. As of Friday, the facility was housing 136 dogs and 56 cats, with 341 in foster homes. “We’ve never seen that amount of animals leave in such a short amount of time,” Bremer said. “Not in transport not at any one adoption event of adopt-a-thon.”Bremer …