Pet Help in the Anchorage Area

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In Anchorage and need help now? For an emergency, go to one of the emergency vets below and tell them if cost is a barrier. To lower costs, start with the spay/neuter programs and low-cost clinics. For food, see the pet food programs. For a bill you can’t cover, get a free funding plan.

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Emergency and urgent care

• Midnight Sun Animal Hospital + Emergency Care (Anchorage)
  2545 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99507 · (907) 562-8384
  Anchorage veterinary hospital offering urgent care, emergency, general practice, surgery and specialty services, open 7 days a week. Also holds a monthly vaccine clinic.
• PET Emergency Treatment (Anchorage) 24 hours
  2320 E. Dowling Rd., Anchorage, AK 99507 · (907) 274-5636
  24/7 emergency and specialty veterinary hospital in Anchorage with board-certified specialists. Its sister clinic, PET Urgent Care (6613 Brayton Dr, Unit B; (907) 743-4413), sees non-emergency after-hours cases.

Spay, neuter and vouchers

• Alaska PAWS / Friends of Pets Free Spay/Neuter Clinics and Mobile Outreach
  Anchorage; mobile outreach to road-system towns and rural villages · (907) 562-2999
  Monthly free spay/neuter clinics for low-income pet families (proof of eligibility required), plus mobile spay/neuter outreach trips to road-system and rural communities that you request through an online form.
• Friends of Pets Spay/Neuter Assistance Coupons
  Statewide (the page also says Municipality of Anchorage in one place) · (907) 562-2535
  Mail-in coupons toward spay/neuter of a dog, cat or rabbit at any Alaska vet clinic, for Alaska residents (one section says Anchorage residents); Friends of Pets also sometimes has donated pet food, so call and leave a message, and it publishes a Pet Owners Financial Assistance Guide.

Low-cost clinics and vaccines

• Alaska PAWS (Alaska Partners for Animal Welfare & Safety, formerly Alaska SPCA) Veterinary Clinic
  3710 Woodland Dr., Suite 1200 · (907) 562-2999
  A nonprofit vet clinic open to the public, offering low-cost exams, vaccine bundles, spay/neuter, microchips, diagnostics and case-priced surgery and dental work; no income test is listed, ScratchPay payment plans are offered, and Friends of Pets and Save Our Seward Pets coupons are accepted.

Pet food

• Anchorage Animal Care & Control Pet Food Bank
  Anchorage · (907) 343-8118
  A free, self-serve pet food bank inside the front door of the city shelter with pet food, kitty litter and supplies; no eligibility rules are posted.

Keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss

• Anchorage Animal Care & Control - Humane Live Trap Program
  4711 Elmore Road, Anchorage, AK 99507 · (907) 343-8122
  Humane live dog and cat traps checked out by Anchorage Animal Care & Control for nuisance stray animal problems in the Municipality of Anchorage. A refundable deposit (cash, check, Visa or Mastercard) and a signed Animal Trap Agreement are required. Animal control officers empty the trap when a stray animal is caught.
• Anchorage Animal Care and Control
  4711 Elmore Road, Anchorage, AK 99507 · 907-343-8118
  Municipal animal shelter in Anchorage.

Paying for a bigger bill

Apply to more than one assistance program at a time. Ways to pay a vet bill in Alaska lists the programs that are open now, and a free funding plan puts them together for your pet, with a free fundraiser page if you want one.

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