Pet Help in the Athens Area

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In Athens 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 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

• UGA Veterinary Teaching Hospital - Small Animal Emergency (Athens)
  2200 College Station Rd., Athens, GA 30602 · (706) 542-3221
  University of Georgia teaching hospital emergency service for cats, dogs, exotics and wildlife, plus a large animal hospital open 24 hours a day for horses and farm animals. Emergencies need no referral or appointment.
• Georgia Veterinary Emergency and Triage Services (GVETS, Athens area)
  1971 South Bishop Farms Parkway, Watkinsville, GA 30677 · 706-715-4838
  Overnight and weekend walk-in emergency hospital in Watkinsville, just outside Athens, with emergency surgery, poison treatment and overnight monitoring. Serves Oconee and Clarke counties and northeast Georgia towns including Bogart, Statham, Winterville, Monroe, Winder, Commerce and Jefferson.

Low-cost clinics and vaccines

• Athens Area Humane Society - Free Vaccine Clinic
  1030 Mitchell Bridge Rd., Athens, GA 30606 · (706) 769-9155
  Free clinic giving rabies, DA2PP (dogs) and FVRCP (cats) vaccines, microchips and flea/tick medication while supplies last. Serves the first 200 animals each clinic, first come, first served.
• Athens Area Humane Society - Spay/Neuter & Wellness Clinic
  1030 Mitchell Bridge Rd., Athens, GA 30606 · (706) 769-9155
  Affordable public veterinary clinic offering spay/neuter surgery (including a community cat package with ear-tipping), vaccines, routine wellness services and diagnostics, nail trims, and flea, tick and heartworm prevention for dogs and cats.

Veterinary hospitals and clinics

• UGA Veterinary Teaching Hospital - Cora Nunnally Miller Small Animal Hospital
  501 D. W. Brooks Drive · (706) 542-3221
  University of Georgia's AVMA-accredited teaching hospital caring for cats, dogs and exotics across specialties, with an emergency service that takes walk-in emergencies without a referral or appointment; free counseling and pet-loss support for clients.

Pet food

• Athens Area Humane Society - Full Bellies Food Bowl
  1030 Mitchell Bridge Rd., Athens, GA 30606 · (706) 769-9155
  Free drive-thru pet food pantry run with partners including the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, giving dog and cat food and litter to people in need.

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

• Athens Area Humane Society - Adoption Center
  1030 Mitchell Bridge Rd., Athens, GA 30606 · (706) 769-9155
  Nonprofit, no-kill animal shelter offering dog and cat adoptions, fostering, pet rehoming help, a community cat program and a public spay/neuter and wellness clinic.
• Athens-Clarke County Animal Services
  125 Buddy Christian Way, Athens, GA 30605 · (706) 613-3540
  County animal services department and shelter. Handles adoptions and reclaims of impounded and surrendered dogs, cats and other domestic animals, enforces animal ordinances, investigates cruelty, and responds to bites, seriously sick or injured animals, animals trapped inside a home, and at-large dogs. Residents may surrender cats with proof of residency.

Paying for a bigger bill

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