Pet Help in the Pensacola Area

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In Pensacola 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. 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

• Animal Emergency Care (Gulf Breeze, Pensacola area) 24 hours
  1645 Nantahala Beach Rd, Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 · (850) 721-1645
  Purpose-built 24/7 emergency and critical care hospital serving Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Navarre, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Milton and nearby Gulf Coast communities. Pets are triaged on arrival by medical urgency.
• Veterinary Emergency Referral Center (VERC) - Pensacola
  4800 N. Davis Hwy, Pensacola, FL 32503 · (850) 477-3914
  Emergency and specialty hospital for dogs and cats in Pensacola that works with primary care veterinarians, with in-house diagnostic imaging.

Spay, neuter and vouchers

• Santa Rosa County Animal Services Community Cat Day (TNR)
  4451 Pine Forest Road, Milton, FL 32583 · (850) 983-4680
  Trap-Neuter-Return program at the Santa Rosa County Animal Shelter. On Community Cat Days, outdoor community cats are spayed or neutered, given a rabies vaccination and ear-tipped, then returned to where they live. Humane cat traps can be rented from the shelter with a refundable deposit.
• Pensacola Humane Society - Spay It Forward Vouchers
  Pensacola area
  Partnership between Pensacola Humane Society and Gull Point Animal Hospital offering vouchers for reduced-cost spay and neuter surgeries with a low co-pay for personally owned pets. The program runs on periodic quotas.

Pet food

• Pensacola Humane Society - Pet Pantry
  5 North Q Street, Pensacola, FL 32505 · (850) 432-4250
  Free pet food and supplies distribution held twice a month for pet owners facing financial instability.

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

• Santa Rosa County Animal Services (Milton)
  4451 Pine Forest Road, Milton, FL 32583 · (850) 983-4680
  County animal shelter for Santa Rosa County offering dog and cat adoptions, lost and found pet searches, a holiday short-term foster program, training and behavior resources, and a community cat program.
• Escambia County Animal Welfare and Adoption Center
  200 W. Fairfield Drive, Pensacola, FL · (850) 595-3075
  Escambia County's animal shelter, which averages around 300 animals in care. Handles adoptions, lost pet reclaims, stray intake by appointment and owner surrenders by appointment, and gives families facing hardship a list of resources that may help them keep their pet. Animal Welfare and Enforcement takes stray and animal control reports.
• Pensacola Humane Society
  5 North Q Street, Pensacola, FL 32505 · (850) 432-4250
  Nonprofit animal shelter in Pensacola offering dog and cat adoptions and fostering, lost and found pet reports, rehoming resources, and community programs including a free pet food pantry, low-cost spay/neuter vouchers and free drive-through rabies vaccine events.

Paying for a bigger bill

Apply to more than one assistance program at a time. 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.

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