Pet Help in the Columbus Area

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In Columbus 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

• Animal SOS Foundation Spay & Neuter (Pit Fix and SNYP)
  8734 Whitesville Road, Columbus, GA 31904 · 706-535-5838
  No-cost spay/neuter options for Columbus-area pet owners: Owner Support for seniors, veterans and disabled residents; Pit Fix, free for any pit bull type dog; and SNYP for lower-income households. Feral cats are not covered; Paws Humane runs the local TNR program.
• Paws Humane Community Cat Program (Muscogee County TNVR)
  4900 Milgen Rd · 706-565-0035
  Free trap-neuter-vaccinate-return for outdoor, stray or feral cats in Muscogee County. Each voucher covers spay/neuter, left ear tip, rabies and FVRCP vaccines and one month of flea/tick treatment. Free humane trap loans are available for Muscogee County residents.
• Paws Humane Veterinary Clinic Spay/Neuter (Columbus)
  4900 Milgen Rd · 706-987-8380
  Affordable spay/neuter surgery open to the public, with more than 93,000 surgeries since 2009. Surgery includes a microchip with registration, an e-collar and pain medication. Community cats get a low-cost snip-and-tip package with rabies vaccine. Prices are posted on the website.

Low-cost clinics and vaccines

• Paws Humane Wellness Clinic (Columbus)
  4900 Milgen Rd · 706-987-8380
  Affordable preventive veterinary care including exams, rabies, DAPP, FVRCP and other vaccines, heartworm and FeLV/FIV testing, deworming, microchips and flea, tick and heartworm prevention. Prices are posted on the website.

Help paying a vet bill

• Animal SOS Foundation Owner Support
  8734 Whitesville Road, Columbus, GA 31904 · 706-535-5838
  Helps pet owners who are over 60, veterans or permanently disabled keep their pets at home by providing basic medical care, food and grooming, plus no-cost spay/neuter.
• Paws Humane Spay It Forward Program (low-income vet care)
  4900 Milgen Rd · 706-987-8380
  Discounted spay/neuter, annual wellness exams, core vaccines, microchips, discounted heartworm and flea/tick prevention, and limited illness exams and treatment at the Paws Humane Veterinary Clinic for pet owners with financial constraints. A small copay may be requested.

Veterinary hospitals and clinics

• Rivertown Veterinary Emergency (Columbus)
  4015 Veterans Ct H · 706-507-1707
  Private, independent after-hours emergency and urgent care hospital serving the Chattahoochee Valley. Does not offer routine preventive care or spay/neuter; refers patients back to their regular vet once the emergency is managed.

Pet food

• Paws Humane Neighborhood Pet Support (emergency pet food and keep-pets-home help)
  4900 Milgen Rd · 706-987-0009
  Program that helps keep people and pets together during financial hardship, modeled on Pets for Life. Offers emergency pet food, dog houses, crates and carriers, community rehoming help, affordable dog training and referral to low-cost vet care through Spay It Forward.

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

• Animal Ark Rescue (Columbus)
  2509 Manchester Expressway, Columbus, GA 31904 · 706-289-8495
  Columbus nonprofit rescue that takes in vulnerable dogs and cats with nowhere else to go, including medical cases and overlooked shelter pets, with programs such as a parvo puppy unit, ringworm ward, kitten program and foster homes, and adopts them into new families.
• Paws Humane Animal Services Division (Columbus animal services)
  4910 Milgen Rd · 706-225-4512
  Animal services for Columbus run by Paws Humane: stray intake, bite-case observation, protective custody, owner surrenders, lost pet reclaims, pet registration and animal welfare concerns. Paws lists this location as the contact for animal emergencies.
• Paws Humane Society Animal Resource Center (Columbus)
  4900 Milgen Rd · 706-565-0035
  Nonprofit humane society and animal resource center for Columbus and the Chattahoochee Valley. Offers dog and cat adoptions, lost and found pet help, pet rehoming support, foster and volunteer programs, and the Paws Training Academy.
• Harris County Animal Control (Hamilton)
  4072 Barnes Mill Road, Hamilton, GA · 706-582-2763
  County animal control department that enforces the county animal control ordinance countywide, including all the cities. It responds to complaints about stray and nuisance animals, animal cruelty, animal bites and rabies exposure together with the local Health Department. It runs a 20-unit dog and 28-unit cat shelter, an adoption program and a trap loan program, and coordinates with the Humane Society of Harris County.

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 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.

Every listing was checked on the provider’s own website. Know a place we’re missing? Tell us.