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Pet Help in the Little Rock Area

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In Little Rock and need help now? For an emergency, go to a 24-hour hospital below and tell them if cost is a barrier. To lower costs, start with the spay/neuter programs and low-cost clinics. For a bill you can’t cover, get a free funding plan.

Want what’s closest to you? Search by ZIP code or your location. Nearby: Northwest Arkansas.

Emergencies and 24-hour hospitals

Spay, neuter and vouchers

  • CARE for Animals - Spay/Neuter Voucher Program
    Central Arkansas (Little Rock area and participating clinics in Cabot, Greenbrier, Hot Springs, Morrilton, Searcy and others) · (501) 603-2273
    Mailed vouchers toward spay/neuter at participating central Arkansas clinics for individual owners who cannot afford full price (you pay a small share plus any balance); vouchers take 1-3 weeks to arrive and are limited each month by funding.
  • NLR Friends of Animals - Spay/Neuter Program
    North Little Rock residents · (501) 791-8577
    Reduced-cost spay/neuter program run by NLR Friends of Animals to help North Little Rock residents sterilize their pets.

Veterinary hospitals and clinics

Pet food

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

  • Benton Animal Services
    1200 S Market St., Benton, AR 72015 · (501) 776-5972
    City animal services for Benton: animal control, care for animals in the shelter, education and enforcement, and adoptions. Dogs and cats adopted from the shelter are spayed or neutered at local veterinarians and given a rabies shot as part of the adoption fee.
  • Bryant Animal Services & Adoption Center
    25700 I-30 Frontage Rd, Bryant, AR 72022 · (501) 943-0489
    City shelter for Bryant offering intake and care of stray or found animals from within city limits, pet adoptions, owner reclaims and city dog licenses. It also runs SNIP spay/neuter vouchers to help offset costs for eligible residents, a pet food bank for qualifying community members when available, and disaster and emergency boarding support as available.
  • Humane Society of Pulaski County - Shelter
    14600 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, AR 72210 · (501) 227-6166
    Privately funded no-kill shelter in Little Rock, established in 1946, offering dog and cat adoptions. The shelter is almost always full and keeps a waiting list for owner surrenders.
  • Little Rock Animal Village
    4500 Kramer Street, Little Rock, AR 72204 · (501) 376-3067
    City of Little Rock animal shelter. Kennels open at 10am on business days.
  • Maumelle Animal Services
    425 Cogdell Drive, Maumelle, AR 72113 · (501) 851-6219
    City department that enforces the animal control ordinance, picks up stray and nuisance animals, resolves animal complaints and runs the city shelter, which has a shelter-based spay/neuter program for adoptable stray and abandoned animals. Volunteers and foster homes are welcome. Pet licenses are sold at the shelter.
  • North Little Rock Animal Services - Animal Shelter
    1 Championship Drive, North Little Rock, AR 72118 · (501) 791-8577
    City of North Little Rock animal shelter in Burns Park with a mobile adoption unit. All adopted pets are spayed/neutered. Accepts owner-surrendered animals from NLR residents and strays found inside NLR city limits, with pick-up available in NLR.
  • Sherwood Animal Services
    6500 N Hills Blvd, Sherwood, AR 72116 · (501) 834-2287
    City shelter and animal control for Sherwood. Cares for abandoned and stray animals, offers adoptions, investigates complaints and enforces the city animal care and control ordinance. Officers respond to Sherwood residents' animal problems during business hours; after-hours emergencies go through the Sherwood Police Department. The shelter also gives spay and neuter assistance information.

Paying for a bigger bill

Ask any hospital about payment plans, CareCredit or Scratchpay, and apply to more than one assistance program. Ways to pay a vet bill in Arkansas 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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