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Karen Ocker, right, pets Scrim at Metairie Small Animal Hospital in Metairie, La., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Karen Ocker, right, pets Scrim at Metairie Small Animal Hospital in Metairie, La., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Scrim sits in the arms of Zoey Ponder at Metairie Small Animal Hospital in Metairie, La., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Scrim sits in the arms of Zoey Ponder at Metairie Small Animal Hospital in Metairie, La., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Karen Ocker, Debra Voelker, and Barbara Burger pet Scrim as Michelle Cheramie, far right, looks on at Metairie Small Animal Hospital in Metairie, La., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Karen Ocker, Debra Voelker, and Barbara Burger pet Scrim as Michelle Cheramie, far right, looks on at Metairie Small Animal Hospital in Metairie, La., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Michelle Cheramie, director of Zeus' Rescues, left, walks with Scrim at the Metairie Small Animal Hospital in Metairie, La., on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Michelle Cheramie, director of Zeus' Rescues, left, walks with Scrim at the Metairie Small Animal Hospital in Metairie, La., on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)