Pet Help in the Visalia and Tulare Area

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In Visalia and Tulare 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.

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Spay, neuter and vouchers

• Dinuba Trap and Release (TNR) Voucher Program
  680 S Alta Ave, Dinuba, CA 93618
  City-sponsored trap and release program for stray and feral cats, offered as funding is available. Take the voucher form to any licensed veterinarian for spay/neuter, rabies and FVRCP vaccines and an ear tip, then bring the completed voucher to the Dinuba Police Department to be reimbursed for part of the cost.
• Cornerstone Animal Center (Low-Cost Spay/Neuter)
  4240 S Mooney Blvd, Visalia, CA 93277 · (559) 338-1767
  Nonprofit clinic inside the Visalia PetSmart focused on affordable spay and neuter surgery, preventive vaccines, microchipping and parasite prevention for dogs and cats. Supported by the San Francisco SPCA and PetSmart.
• Tulare County Animal Services Low-Cost Spay/Neuter, Vaccine and TNR Programs
  14131 Ave 256, Visalia, CA 93292 · (559) 636-4050
  County program offering reduced-cost spay/neuter vouchers, mobile spay/neuter clinics, community-cat trap-neuter-return, and low-cost vaccine and microchip clinics for rural communities.
• Valley Oak SPCA Veterinary Clinic (Low-Cost Spay/Neuter)
  9405 W Goshen Ave, Visalia, CA 93291 · (559) 741-1121
  Nonprofit clinic offering affordable spay and neuter surgery for dogs and cats, plus vaccinations and other basic services, by appointment.
• Visalia Feral Cat Coalition
  Visalia and surrounding cities
  All-volunteer group practicing trap-neuter-return-manage for feral and community cats in Visalia and surrounding cities. Lends traps first-come, first-served and offers low-cost TNR vouchers when funding allows; the website says vouchers are currently not being issued due to funding.
• Visalia Trap-Neuter-Return Program for Community Cats
  29016 Hwy 99, Visalia, CA 93291 · (559) 713-4700
  City program that spays or neuters, vaccinates and ear-tips feral and community cats trapped by Visalia residents, then returns them where they were found.

Low-cost clinics and vaccines

• Cornerstone Animal Center Walk-In Vaccine Clinic
  4240 S Mooney Blvd, Visalia, CA 93277 · (559) 338-1767
  Vaccine clinic at Cornerstone Animal Center, walk-ins welcome, offering most core vaccines, microchipping, flea and tick treatment and deworming with no exam fee.

Veterinary hospitals and clinics

• Tulare-Kings Veterinary Emergency Services
  4240 W Mineral King Ave, Visalia, CA 93291 · (559) 739-7054
  Emergency animal hospital for dogs and cats offering triage, diagnostics, surgery and hospitalization, open nights, weekends and holidays.

Pet food

• Kings County Pet Pantry
  Kings County · (559) 852-2525
  County program that gives pet food to owners in a temporary financial crisis, held twice a month.

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

• Corcoran Police Department Animal Control
  832 Whitley Avenue, Corcoran, CA 93212 · (559) 992-5151 ext. 1259
  Corcoran Police Department animal control officer enforces animal laws, investigates complaints and bites, educates the public, and takes impounded animals to the Avenal Animal Shelter.
• Dinuba Police Department Animal Control
  680 S Alta Ave, Dinuba, CA 93618
  Dinuba Police Department animal control picks up stray and dangerous dogs, investigates bites and licenses dogs within city limits. Recovered dogs are generally held about a day and then taken to the Visalia Animal Shelter. A dog license and vaccination clinic is held once a year, usually at the Dinuba Dog Park on East Nebraska Avenue.
• City of Hanford Animal Control and Licensing
  319 N. Douty Street, Hanford, CA 93230 · 559-537-7985
  Hanford Police Department animal control and licensing. Dogs over four months old kept in the city must be licensed; cat licenses are optional and help identify lost cats.
• Tulare Animal Services (City of Tulare)
  3817 South K Street, Tulare, CA 93274 · (559) 685-5047
  City of Tulare animal shelter and animal control handling dog licensing, adoptions and approved rescue placement partners.
• Love of Animals, Inc.
  Tulare County · (559) 372-9732
  All-volunteer nonprofit rescue with foster homes in Tulare County that rescues, rehabilitates, spays/neuters and places cats and dogs in new homes. It is not accepting surrendered animals until further notice, and its community cat program is limited to current trappers.
• Tulare County Animal Services
  14131 Ave 256, Visalia, CA 93292 · (559) 636-4050
  County animal shelter that handles adoptions, foster care, stray intake and animal complaints for unincorporated Tulare County.
• Valley Oak SPCA Adoption Center
  9800 Camp Dr, Visalia, CA 93291 · (559) 651-1111
  Nonprofit adoption center that places dogs and cats, takes owner surrenders by appointment, and may take in kittens when space or foster homes allow.
• Visalia Animal Care Center (Visalia Animal Services)
  29016 Hwy 99, Visalia, CA 93291 · (559) 713-4700
  City of Visalia animal shelter and animal control that takes in strays and shows animals to the public.

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 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.