Pet Help in the Fort Lauderdale Area
In Fort Lauderdale 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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Emergencies and 24-hour hospitals
- VEG ER for Pets - Fort Lauderdale 24 hours
1620 North Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305 · 954-519-5219
24-hour emergency and urgent care animal hospital offering emergency care, surgery, X-rays, ultrasound, diagnostics, hospitalization, exotic pet care and end-of-life care. - VEG ER for Pets - Pembroke Pines 24 hours
10350 Pines Blvd, Suite D108, Pembroke Pines, FL 33026 · 954-601-3563
24-hour emergency and urgent care animal hospital offering emergency care, surgery, X-rays, ultrasound, diagnostics, hospitalization, exotic pet care and end-of-life care.
Spay, neuter and vouchers
- Broward County Community Cat Management Program (TNR and Return to Field)
2400 SW 42nd St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
Broward County Animal Care's community cat program with two sterilization tracks: Trap-Neuter-Return (appointment required) and Return to Field, where healthy community cats brought in are spayed or neutered, vaccinated for FVRCP and rabies, given flea treatment, ear-tipped, and returned to where they were found by Field Services staff the morning after surgery. - Humane Society of Broward County Low-Cost Spay/Neuter
2070 Griffin Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
Low-cost spay/neuter surgery for owned cats and dogs and for free-roaming community cats, which are ear-notched. Appointments are booked online and usually fill about a month in advance; new dates are added daily. - PURRR Spay + Neuter and Vaccine Clinic (Oakland Park)
1556 E. Commercial Blvd, Oakland Park, FL 33334
Cat-only affordable spay/neuter and vaccine clinic run by the PURRR cat rescue. Offers spay, neuter, FVRCP, rabies and FeLV vaccines, microchips, flea treatment and testing, with special pricing for TNR/community cats and 501(c)(3) rescues. Services do not include a pre-surgery exam or bloodwork. - Saving Sage Animal Rescue Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic (Sunrise)
8736 W Commercial Blvd, Sunrise, FL 33351 · 954-530-1508
Volunteer-run nonprofit rescue offering low-cost spay/neuter packages for dogs and cats (surgery plus rabies and DAPPv or FVRCP vaccines, nail trim and pain medication) and a TNR package for community cats. Accepts SNIP vouchers. Proceeds support the rescue.
Low-cost clinics and vaccines
- Humane Society of Broward County Walk-In Vaccine Clinic
2070 Griffin Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 · 954-989-3977
Walk-in vaccination and microchipping clinic for dogs and cats, with vaccine packages, individual vaccines and canine influenza (CIV) vaccines. - Cats Exclusive Inc. No-Kill Cat Shelter and Vet Clinic (Margate)
6350 West Atlantic Blvd, Margate, FL 33063 · 954-975-8349
Nonprofit no-kill cat adoption shelter with an on-site veterinary clinic offering sterilizations, general sick care, surgery by an in-house veterinary surgeon, vaccinations and prescription refills.
Veterinary hospitals and clinics
- Pet Emergency Center (Fort Lauderdale)
921 East Cypress Creek Rd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 · 954-772-0420
Independent emergency veterinary hospital serving Broward County for over 40 years, handling minor emergencies through major surgery for dogs, cats, birds, pocket pets, reptiles, amphibians and small farm animals. Vets discuss a treatment plan and provide an estimate.
Pet food
- The Pet Project for Pets (Free Pet Food and Supplies)
2200 NW 9th Avenue (Powerline Road), Wilton Manors, FL 33311 · 954-568-5678
Free pet food and supplies, home delivery for people with physical limitations, and referrals to reduced-cost and emergency veterinary care, to keep pets with owners facing financial or health problems. If a client dies, the Pet Project finds the pet a foster and new home.
Keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss
- Broward County Animal Care (Fort Lauderdale)
2400 SW 42nd St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
Broward County's animal shelter. It shelters homeless pets, helps reunite owners with lost dogs and cats, offers spay/neuter for pets and community cats, holds neighborhood rabies clinics, enforces animal laws, and runs volunteer and foster programs. Adoption fees are waived; adopted pets receive vaccinations and microchips, with a county pet registration fee required. - Humane Society of Broward County (Fort Lauderdale)
2070 Griffin Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 · 954-989-3977
Private nonprofit animal shelter offering adoption of dogs, cats and small animals, animal surrender by appointment, foster and volunteer programs, behavior and training help, and lost-and-found and pet-friendly housing resources. - Humane Society of Broward County End of Life and Cremation Services
2070 Griffin Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 · 954-989-3977
Euthanasia services performed by shelter staff, intake of pets who died at home for cremation, and cremation with optional return of ashes.
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 Florida 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.