Pet Help in Kansas City, Kansas

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In Kansas City, KS 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 (Overland Park) 24 hours
  6347 W 119th St, Suite H2, Overland Park, KS 66209 · 913-297-3676
  Emergency veterinary hospital open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including weekends and holidays, serving Overland Park, Olathe, Leawood, Shawnee, Johnson County and the greater Kansas City metro. Walk-ins are accepted any time with no appointment, and a veterinarian can be reached by phone around the clock.

Spay, neuter and vouchers

• Great Plains SPCA Low Cost Public Spay/Neuter Services
  5428 Antioch Drive · (913) 831-7722
  Low-cost spay/neuter for friendly indoor cats and dogs (plus a small reservation fee), with a 1-year rabies vaccine and microchip included; open to the public, with appointment reservations released in batches.
• Great Plains SPCA TNR Services and Clinics
  5424 Antioch Drive, Merriam, KS 66202
  Trap-neuter-return services and periodic TNR clinics for community cats. Each cat gets spay/neuter surgery, a left ear tip and tattoo, a one-year rabies vaccine and topical flea prevention. Cats stay overnight. A limited number of live traps can be rented.

Low-cost clinics and vaccines

• Humane Society of Greater Kansas City Affordable Care Clinic
  5445 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, KS 66104 · 913-596-1000
  Full-service affordable veterinary clinic for dogs and cats offering spay/neuter, vaccines, wellness packages, heartworm testing and prevention, and an online pharmacy. Payment plans are available, and walk-ins and urgent care are accepted when there is availability.
• Olathe Animal Shelter Low-Cost Vaccine Clinics
  505 E Sunvale Dr., Olathe, KS 66061 · 913-971-6362
  Low-cost rabies, distemper and Bordetella vaccinations and microchips at the Olathe Animal Shelter, plus occasional community vaccine clinics.

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

• Humane Society of Greater Kansas City Adoption Program
  5445 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, KS 66104 · 913-596-1000
  Walk-through no-kill shelter, the oldest in Kansas City, matching dogs and cats with adopters. Volunteer and foster opportunities are offered.
• Kansas City, Kansas Animal Services
  3301 Park Dr., Kansas City, KS 66102 · 913-321-1445
  No-kill, managed-intake city shelter run by the KCK Police Department. Picks up stray, deceased, sick or injured pets, investigates bites, cruelty and neglect, and handles licensing, lost and found pets, adoption, foster and feral cat help. May provide pet food for temporary care of a found stray, and hosts regular spay/neuter mobile clinics with the Pet Resource Center of Kansas City for KCK residents.
• Great Plains SPCA Pet Adoption Center and Lost Pet Admissions
  5424 Antioch Drive, Merriam, KS 66202 · 913-831-7722
  Kansas City-area shelter serving about 7,000 animals a year, with adoption, foster, lost pet and admissions services, behavior and training help, and a HERO team. Contracted shelter for Leawood, Lenexa, Prairie Village, Lake Quivira, Mission Hills, Bonner Springs, Johnson County Parks and the Johnson County Sheriff.
• Olathe Animal Care and Control (Olathe Animal Shelter)
  505 E Sunvale Dr., Olathe, KS 66061 · 913-971-6362
  City animal shelter and animal control. Finds owners of picked-up animals, adopts out unclaimed pets after a three-day hold, accepts owner surrenders of dogs and cats, and licenses pets. Adopted pets are spayed or neutered and rabies vaccinated on site by the city veterinarian.
• Overland Park Animal Control
  City of Overland Park · 913-895-6300
  Police Department unit that investigates cruelty, neglect and bites, handles barking and disturbance complaints, picks up dead animals on city streets, removes live animals from inside homes, processes special animal permits and impounds lost pets. Does not remove nuisance wildlife.

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 Kansas 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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