Pet Help in the Northern Kentucky Area

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In Northern Kentucky and need help now? For an emergency, find the closest emergency vet by ZIP code and tell them if cost is a barrier. To lower costs, start with the spay/neuter programs. For a bill you can’t cover, get a free funding plan.

Want what’s closest to you? Search by ZIP code or your location. Nearby: Lexington. Louisville.

Spay, neuter and vouchers

• Kenton County Community Cat Program
  1020 Mary Laidley Drive, Covington, KY 41017 · 859-356-7400
  Trap-neuter-return program run by Kenton County Animal Services: community cats are taken in, ear-tipped, sterilized and vaccinated, then returned to where they live. Cats treated this way are exempt from licensing, stray and at-large rules in the county ordinance.
• Campbell County Animal Services Community Cat Spay/Neuter Program
  1989 Poplar Ridge Rd, Melbourne, KY 41059 · 859-635-2819
  Community cat spay/neuter (TNR) program run by Campbell County Animal Services, along with a barn cat program and a cat diversion program. The county's community resources page also lists low-cost spay/neuter clinics, low-cost vet care, pet transport and financial help resources in the region.
• Friends of the Shelter Spay/Neuter Assistance
  Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and Pendleton counties, Northern Kentucky
  Nonprofit that subsidizes spay/neuter costs for owned dogs and cats of Northern Kentucky residents who could not otherwise afford it, through vouchers used at participating clinics or local veterinarians. In 2025 it helped with surgery for 901 dogs and 793 cats.

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

• Boone County Animal Control
  5620 Idlewild Road, Burlington, KY 41005 · 859-586-5285
  Sworn animal control officers who help with lost and found pets, bite reports, animal complaints, neglected or abused animal reports, licenses, vaccinations and spay/neuter program questions. After hours, dispatchers pass reports to an officer.
• Boone County Animal Shelter (Ron and Sherrie Lou Noel)
  5620 Idlewild Road, Burlington, KY 41005 · 859-586-5285
  County animal shelter in Burlington with adoptions, lost and found pets, volunteer opportunities, a pet food bank and community resources, and a clinic that offers low-cost spay/neuter twice a month for families through partner programs.
• Kenton County Animal Control
  1020 Mary Laidley Drive, Covington, KY 41017 · 859-356-7400
  Five Animal Control Officers enforce state laws and Kenton County ordinances on the welfare and control of domestic animals, working with other local law enforcement agencies.
• Kenton County Animal Services
  1020 Mary Laidley Drive, Covington, KY 41017 · 859-356-7400
  County shelter and animal control agency for Kenton County with pet adoption, found and lost pets, reclaiming or surrendering a pet by appointment, microchipping, pet licensing, and volunteer and foster programs.
• PawPrints Animal Rescue
  Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati area
  Nonprofit foster-based rescue founded in 2015 in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area that takes in shelter dogs and cats and places them in foster homes until adoption. Surrender requests are submitted through the Surrender page on the website; requests sent by email are not considered.
• Campbell County Animal Services
  1989 Poplar Ridge Rd, Melbourne, KY 41059 · (859) 635-2819
  County shelter and animal control for unincorporated Campbell County and nine partner cities, with adoptable dogs and cats, dog license renewal, a community cat spay/neuter program, and a community resources page listing low-cost clinics, vaccines and pet food help.

Paying for a bigger bill

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