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Last updated 3/31/09
Keep this Info in a Safe Place for Future Reference – you never know when it will prove to be handy. Here is a list of organizations who can help owners that cannot afford vet care. A couple are for rescue organizations and homeless pets. Please forward this list to anyone you think it might help.
- Check with your local Humane Society
- American Animal Hospital Association
www.aahahelpingpets.org
The heartbreak happens all too often, a pet owner is unable to afford treatment
and their sick or injured companion animal pays the price. If the owner
is elderly, disabled or on a fixed income, the cost of care may be too much
of a stretch for heir pocketbook. Perhaps they have been victimized by crime,
property loss or a job layoff and are experiencing a temporary financial
hardship making it too difficult to afford pet care. And some nimals, brought
to clinics by Good Samaritans, don’t have an owner to pay for treatment.
Whatever the situation, the fact remains the same: When sick or injured
animals are unable to receive veterinary care, they suffer. Through the
AAHA Helping Pets Fund, veterinary care is possible
for sick or injured pets even if they have been abandoned or if their owner
is experiencing financial hardship.”
- Angels 4 Animals
www.angels4animals.org/
Angels4Animals, a non-profit organization and a program of Inner Voice Community
Services, has a mission to serve as the guardian angel of animals whose
caretakers find themselves in difficult financial situations. At Angels4Animals
we believe that animal owners should not have to say goodbye to the animals
that they love. Our work isaccomplished in conjunction with veterinary clinics
across the country, eager to assist as many animals, and their owners, as
possible. Our services range from financial aid to complete treatment to
those pets and pet owners in need.
- Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance (FVEAP)
www.fveap.org/sys-tmpl/door/
The NEED & The HELP:
Seniors, People with disabilities, People who have lost their job, Good
Samaritans who rescue a cat or kitten any of these folks may need financial
assistance to save a beloved companion. The Feline Veterinary Emergency
Assistance Program is a nonprofit 501©(3) organization that provides
financial assistance to cat and kitten guardians who are unable to afford
veterinary services to save their
companions when life-threatening illness or injury strikes.
- Help-A-Pet
www.help-a-pet.org
Our efforts focus on serving the elderly, the disabled, and the working
poor. For lonely seniors, physically/mentally challenged individuals and
children of working parents, pets represent much more than a diversion.
- IMOM
www.imom.org/
Mission Statement: Helping people help pets. To better the lives of sick,
injured and abused companion animals. We are dedicated to insure that no
companion animal has to be euthanized simply because their caretaker is
financially challenged. One criteria is to have been turned down by Credit
Care.
- The Pet Fund
http://www.help-a-pet.org/apply.html
The Pet Fund is a registered 501©3 nonprofit association that provides
financial assistance to owners of domestic animals who need urgent veterinary
care. Often animals are put down or suffer needlessly because their owners
cannot afford expensive surgery or emergency vet visits. Companion animal
owners must often make the difficult decision to put an animal down or neglect
urgent medical needs because of the costs involved. The purpose of the Pet
Fund is to work towards a future where decisions about companion animal
medical care need never be made on the basis of cost.
- United Animal Nations
www.uan.org
mission of LifeLine is to help homeless or recently rescued animals suffering
from life-threatening conditions that require specific and immediate emergency
veterinary care. We strive to serve Good Samaritans and rescue groups who
take in sick or injured animals. In certain cases, LifeLine can also assist
senior citizens and low-income families pay for immediate emergency veterinary
care.
- UK Assistance with Veterinary Bills
www.petloversonline.co.uk/financial.htm
Most of us can cope with the financial commitment involved in the day to
day care of our pets. However, how many of us come out in a cold sweat when
our pet is ill or injured and we know we have to take it to the vet? Most
of us are fortunate enough to be able to afford it but, some of us who love
our animals dearly cannot. Unfortunately we do not have a PDSA
or a RSPCA Centre within our area, but there are
a few charities who may be able to help.
- Dachshunds Needing IVDD surgery
he board of directors has adopted Articles of Dissolution for the purpose
of dissolving the non-profit corporation known as the Disabled Dachshund
Society. All financial operations will cease by December 31, 2007. http://members.rushmore.com/~dds/applyforhelp.htm
http://www.ourdds.org/
- HandicappedPets.com
www.handicappedpets.com/Articles/help/
From time to time, HandicappedPets.com recognizes a caretaker of handicapped
pets that need some special attention, and a little extra help. There are
those who are so selflessly dedicated to their animal families that they
give up a little more than they can afford.
- Credit Care
www.carecredit.com
No or low credit. Find out on-line if you qualify. #10 is to get your vet
signed up.
- Brown Dog Foundation
http://www.browndogfoundation.org
To reduce unnecessary euthanasia of family pet dogs and cats.
Specifically, monetary grants can be issued… to assist in saving the
life of a domestic pet (cat or dog) during an owner’s temporary financial
hardship, when the pet can be restored to enjoy a quality of life; to assist
financially with the preventative treatment and testing of domestic pets
(cat or dog) knowingly adopted with a pre-existing condition (cancer, organ
compromise, diabetes, abused, old age, etc.)
- PawsLA
http://www.pawsla.org
PAWS/LA is committed to creating solutions for
disenfranchised animal guardians throughout Los Angeles County who are facing
the physical and financial challenges of caring for their companion animals.