Pet Help in the Wilmington Area

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In Wilmington 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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Low-cost clinics and vaccines

• Faithful Friends Animal Society Community Veterinary Care and Pet Food Bank
  165 Airport Rd. · (302) 792-7387
  Low-cost clinic offering exams, vaccines, spay/neuter, dentals and minor surgery, plus walk-up vaccine clinics and a free pet food and supply bank with monthly home delivery for homebound residents of New Castle County.
• Humane Animal Partners Low-Cost Vet Care
  701 A Street · (302) 571-0111
  Low-cost wellness and minor-illness clinic (exams, vaccines, skin/ear/urinary issues) with Wednesday walk-ins in Wilmington and payment plans via Cherry; no emergency care.

Pet food

• Faithful Friends Animal Society - Free Pet Food Delivery
  New Castle County · (302) 427-8514
  Volunteers deliver free pet food from the Faithful Friends Pet Food & Supply Bank on the first Saturday of every month, in two time slots (10am-1pm and 1pm-4pm). The food bank helps people who are financially struggling to care for their pets or the cat colonies they feed.

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

• Brandywine Valley SPCA - Copeland Center for Animal Welfare (New Castle)
  290 Churchmans Road, New Castle, DE 19720 · (302) 516-1000
  Brandywine Valley SPCA shelter and Animal Health Center in New Castle. BVSPCA is the shelter partner for Delaware Animal Services: stray animals picked up by state officers are held at BVSPCA's Delaware facilities.
• Faithful Friends Animal Society - Pet Life Line · (302) 427-8008
  Phone line run by Faithful Friends Animal Society that gives guidance on pet care and pet behavior issues.
• Faithful Friends Animal Society - Shelter
  165 Airport Rd, New Castle, DE 19720 · (302) 427-8514
  Nonprofit animal shelter in New Castle. Each year about 1,494 animals are rescued and adopted, 674 pets are cared for in foster homes and 2,562 animals are spayed or neutered. The shelter also runs a free Pet Food & Supply Bank and a Community Veterinary Clinic on the same campus.
• Humane Animal Partners - Stanton/Christiana (Newark)
  455 Stanton Christiana Road, Newark, DE 19713 · (302) 998-2281
  Humane Animal Partners location on Stanton Christiana Road in Newark. HAP offers pet adoption, low-cost wellness services, spay/neuter and a pet food pantry. Interest-free payment plans through Cherry are offered for Wellness Clinic, spay/neuter and specialty surgery appointments.
• Humane Animal Partners - Wilmington
  701 A Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 · (302) 571-0111
  Humane Animal Partners location in Wilmington. HAP cares for more than 4,000 dogs and cats a year and offers pet adoption, low-cost wellness services, spay/neuter and a pet food pantry. Interest-free payment plans through Cherry are offered for Wellness Clinic, spay/neuter and specialty surgery appointments.

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 Delaware 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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