Pet Help in the Iowa City and Cedar Rapids Area

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In Iowa City and Cedar Rapids 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

• BluePearl Pet Hospital - Cedar Rapids 24 hours
  755 Capital Drive SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 · 319.841.5161
  24/7 emergency and specialty animal hospital near the Eastern Iowa Airport serving pets throughout the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area.

Spay, neuter and vouchers

• Iowa Humane Alliance I-TRAP (TNR Resource Assistance)
  6540 6th St SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 · (319) 363-1225
  Trap-neuter-return help for community cats: trap loans, TNR presentations, DIY cat shelter workshops, ear-tip information, cold-weather trapping guidelines and colony care advice. TNR surgeries are done at the Iowa Humane Alliance clinic.
• Iowa Humane Alliance Regional Spay/Neuter Clinic
  6540 6th St SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 · (319) 363-1225
  Nonprofit high-volume, low-cost spay and neuter clinic for cats, dogs and rabbits, open five days a week. Serves pet owners, rescues and shelters, and people caring for community and barn cats. Special pricing for targeted groups is offered when funding is available, and partner groups offer vouchers.
• The Straygency (Cedar Rapids community cat TNR)
  Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities
  Licensed nonprofit rescue serving Cedar Rapids and nearby communities through trap-neuter-return for community cats, support for colony caretakers, vetting and fostering of friendly strays and kittens, and adoption.

Low-cost clinics and vaccines

• Allsop Family Humane Society Low Cost Vaccines
  7411 Mt Vernon Road SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 · (319) 362-6288
  Everyday low-cost distemper and Bordetella vaccines for dogs and distemper vaccine for cats by appointment, plus periodic onsite and offsite low-cost vaccine clinics offering Bordetella, distemper and rabies vaccines and microchipping. Rabies vaccine is not part of the everyday service at this time.

Pet food

• Allsop Family Humane Society Pet Food Pantry
  7411 Mt Vernon Road SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 · 319-362-6288
  Supplemental pet food for owners struggling to feed their pets due to financial difficulty, available at the shelter and at mobile pantry sites at Heritage Area Agency on Aging in Cedar Rapids (4700 Johnson Ave NW) and Marion (4500 10th Street), and through the South Benton County Food Pantry in Belle Plaine.

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

• Allsop Family Humane Society (Cedar Valley Humane Society)
  7411 Mt Vernon Road SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 · 319-362-6288
  Cedar Rapids humane society (Allsop Family Humane Society is a name of the Cedar Valley Humane Society) with an adoption center for dogs, cats and small animals, a pet services center, lost and found help, microchipping, rehoming support, reduced-fee adoptions for veterans and no-cost cat adoption for seniors.
• Allsop Family Humane Society End of Life Services
  7411 Mt Vernon Road SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 · (319) 362-6288
  Affordable euthanasia and general or private cremation services for pets.
• Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control
  7241 Washington View Parkway SW, Cedar Rapids, IA · 319-286-5993
  City of Cedar Rapids open-admission municipal shelter and animal control agency for lost, stray, abandoned, neglected and surrendered animals. Handles adoptions, lost and found reports, abuse investigations, rabies control and quarantine, and trap rental. Unidentified animals are held five days for owner reclaim. Owner surrenders are by appointment after surrender counseling.
• Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center
  3910 Napoleon Lane, Iowa City, IA 52240 · 319-356-5295
  Iowa City's animal shelter, run by Iowa City Animal Services under the police department. Services include adoption, lost and found matching, stray pickup, a pet food bank, microchip clinics, emergency housing for animals, fostering, licensing, cruelty investigations, and referrals for low-cost spay/neuter and vaccinations.

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 Iowa 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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