CATNIP Foundation survives on grants, donations and volunteers, but the animals need homes too. Author: Meg Farris (WWL) Updated: 7:42 PM CDT April 30, 2021 FOLSOM, La. — For more than a year, now we've been telling the stories of families and lives changed by the pandemic, but all those changes affected family pets too. Now, an animal sanctuary on the Northshore is inundated, and trying to help, one pet at a time. In surveys about pets, most people say they are family members. So when people are hurting, their animals are too. And 2020 brought a lot of hurt. With hurricanes and the pandemic came the loss of lives, homes and jobs. So many four-legged family members ended up at the Big Sky Ranch sanctuary in Folsom.