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Animal lover and pet owner Cheyenne Freezor said, “I’ve moved a lot, so I’ve had to rehome.” Rob Bremer, the director of the St. Tammany Animal Shelter, said this is a common occurrence across the parish, which has contributed to the overcrowding at the shelter he runs. “We see a lot of people having to surrender their animals,” Bremer said, “because their landlord won’t allow it. Or the place they’re moving to won’t allow it. A lot of those things factor in, and, ultimately, affect the population at the local animal shelter.”He put out a plea to the community, and people like Cheyenne have been doing their part to adopt and foster, to take home pets like Toto. “I seen it was all over Facebook that they were going to have to take serious measures because they have too many dogs,” she said. “We’ve adopted from here before.”Bremer said the shelter has received overwhelming support since the news went out Monday about euthanization set for Friday if help didn’t arrive.”We’ve had probably over 300 people come to the shelter in the past two days. That’s unprecedented,” he said. “The most, sometimes the most we see all day is maybe 16, 17. And half of them may be bringing us an animal. We’ve seen a strong support from the community here in St. Tammany and even out of state.”And then you have people like Anne Brewer who go above and beyond. Brewer slept side by side with the dogs to raise awareness and money for the shelter and a huge sponsor, Mardi Paws.”I mean, it makes me emotional right now to see those pups in their cages, shaking and all. It made me so emotional,” Brewer said. “I can’t take them all home, but I can’t leave them either. And that’s where it put me more motivated to stay here.”These are the sponsors that made free adoptions and fostering possible this week:1. Ellie and Harold Harper (sponsored adoption fees)2. Best Friends Animal Societys South Central Team (sponsored foster conversion adoption fees)3. Mardi Paws x Scotts Wish (fundraiser for at-risk awareness and training)4. The Brewers and the whole crew at St. Tammany Parish Fire District 9 (in support of our shelters mission and in cooperation with Mardi Pawss fundraiser)