By Anne Songy
Acadiana Lifestyle
Shannon Gonsoulin’s story is one of deep roots fixed firmly in the land of his ancestors,
a cross-continental search into his rich lineage, and a discovery that his passion for ranching was a destiny set forth by the first Gonsoulin to arrive in Acadiana.
It was important to Gonsoulin and his wife Toni to raise their four children (Taylor, John, Anna and Joshua) in Iberia Parish, where he grew up and where he now operates his cattle ranch. They met as classmates at LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
in Baton Rouge and married in 1993, before graduating and starting their lives in Loreauville – just down the road from his family’s property. They are both vets in the Acadiana-area, dividing their time between the ranch and their four clinics located in New Iberia, Morgan City, Franklin and Breaux Bridge.