Pet Help in the San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria Area

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In San Luis Obispo 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

• Central Coast Pet Hospital and Emergency (Arroyo Grande)
  1558 W Branch St., Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 · (805) 489-6573
  Emergency and urgent care veterinary hospital offering stabilization, hospitalization for critically ill patients, blood transfusions, surgery, trauma care, toxicity treatment, snakebite and seizure management.
• Cerro Alto Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Hospital (San Luis Obispo) 24 hours
  2640 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 · (805) 457-8724
  Emergency and specialty veterinary hospital open 24/7/365.

Spay, neuter and vouchers

• Woods Humane Society - Project M.E.O.W. Community Cats
  875 Oklahoma Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 · (805) 540-2692
  Discounted spay/neuter for feral and community cats in San Luis Obispo County, with ear-tip and rabies vaccine for each cat and trap rentals.

Low-cost clinics and vaccines

• Santa Barbara Humane Veterinary Clinic (Santa Maria)
  1687 W. Stowell Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93458 · (805) 964-4777 ext. 205
  Santa Maria location of the Santa Barbara Humane nonprofit clinic offering vaccines, exams and spay/neuter, plus a mobile clinic for underserved communities.

Pet food

• Woods Humane Society Pet Pantry
  875 Oklahoma Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 · (805) 543-9316
  Shares pet food and supplies with local pet owners in need, about once a month, depending on what is in stock.

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

• San Luis Obispo County Animal Services Shelter
  865 Oklahoma Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 · (805) 781-4400
  The county's open-intake animal shelter for adoption, found and lost pets, microchipping and rabies control. It also funds community-cat TNR groups and offers periodic spay/neuter vouchers.
• Woods Humane Society - San Luis Obispo
  875 Oklahoma Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 · (805) 543-9316
  Nonprofit humane society and shelter with dog and cat adoptions, a behavior and training center, and the Woods-Cashin spay/neuter surgery center.
• Santa Barbara County Animal Services - Santa Maria Animal Center
  548 W. Foster Road, Santa Maria, CA 93455
  County animal shelter serving the Santa Maria area, with in-person pet licensing.
• Santa Barbara Humane Adoption Center (Santa Maria)
  1687 W Stowell Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93458 · (805) 964-4777
  Santa Maria campus of Santa Barbara Humane offering pet adoption, fostering and rehoming help.

Paying for a bigger bill

Apply to more than one assistance program at a time. Ways to pay a vet bill in California 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.

Every listing was checked on the provider’s own website. Know a place we’re missing? Tell us.