Pet Help in the Baton Rouge Area
In Baton Rouge 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
- Sherwood South Animal Hospital Emergency & Critical Care Center 24 hours
3803 S Sherwood Forest Blvd, Ste A, Baton Rouge, LA 70816 · (225) 629-8385
24/7 emergency, critical care, urgent care and primary care animal hospital for dogs and cats, treating serious conditions such as being hit by a car, seizures, toxic ingestion and severe vomiting. Also offers specialty care, dentistry and boarding.
Spay, neuter and vouchers
- Companion Animal Alliance - Trap-Neuter-Return Program
2550 Gourrier Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70820
TNR program that has sterilized and vaccinated thousands of community cats since 2015. Residents can trap cats themselves (borrowing a humane trap from East Baton Rouge Animal Control) and bring them to a scheduled intake appointment, or work with CAA's volunteer Feral Cat Coalition. - Spay Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge Parish · (225) 775-0101
Nonprofit that arranges spay/neuter at participating vets for qualified, mainly low-income, owners of cats and dogs in East Baton Rouge Parish, with a sliding-scale co-pay based on income and need.
Low-cost clinics and vaccines
- Companion Animal Alliance - Access to Care Program
2550 Gourrier Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70820 · 225-408-5370
Affordable veterinary services and support for East Baton Rouge Parish families, including Pets for Life outreach, low-cost spay/neuter, vaccine clinics, a pet food pantry, rehoming support, lost and found help, and the Gardere Community Pet Support Program.
Help paying a vet bill
- CAAWS (Capital Area Animal Welfare Society) Spay/Neuter and Veterinary Assistance Program
6357 Quinn Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70817 · 225-752-5801
Vouchers for low-income residents (income limits apply, up to 2 pets per household) that cover the full cost of spay/neuter and/or preventive and routine vet care at CAAWS-approved hospitals, plus spay/neuter discount coupons open to any pet owner.
Veterinary hospitals and clinics
- LSU School of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Skip Bertman Drive · (225) 578-9600
LSU's teaching hospital, with 24/7/365 walk-in small animal emergency care, specialty services, and a Community Practice primary-care service (wellness and common illnesses) open to the general public; a deposit is required (the greater of 100% of the low estimate or 50% of the high estimate), CareCredit is accepted, and no income-based discount is listed.
Keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss
- Capital Area Animal Welfare Society (CAAWS)
6357 Quinn Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70817
Baton Rouge nonprofit, founded in 1979, that runs an adoption shelter for homeless dogs and cats, humane education programs and pet therapy visits. Its Public Adoptions Program helps owners who can no longer keep a pet, or people caring for a stray, list the animal for adoption. - Cat Haven
11130 N Harrells Ferry Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70816 · (225) 636-2680
Nonprofit cat rescue and adoption center serving Greater Baton Rouge since 1999. Takes friendly, adoptable cats and kittens from the community when space is available, and offers resources on cat care, spay/neuter and found kittens. Walk-in adoptions, no appointment necessary. - Companion Animal Alliance
2550 Gourrier Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70820
Nonprofit municipal animal shelter for East Baton Rouge Parish, accepting stray, unwanted, displaced and surrendered animals and those seized by Animal Control. Offers adoption, foster, rescue, lost and found, rehoming assistance, TNR and access-to-care programs. - Companion Animal Alliance - Rehoming Assistance and Foster-to-Rehome
2550 Gourrier Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70820 · (225) 408-5360
Help for Baton Rouge pet owners facing housing, money, behavior or family challenges: a Surrender Alternatives Guide to community resources, tips for rehoming a pet safely, and a Foster-to-Rehome program where approved owners keep caring for their pet while CAA helps find a new family. Pet surrenders require an appointment. - East Baton Rouge Animal Control & Rescue Center
2680 Progress Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70807 · (225) 774-7700
City-parish animal control agency that investigates and resolves complaints about animals, handles animal-related situations and enforces city-parish animal codes. It serves domestic animals, livestock, exotics and wildlife. Rescued, seized or impounded animals go to the Companion Animal Alliance shelter, which handles all sheltering, adoptions and reclaims. Animal control officers are on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergencies. - LSU School of Veterinary Medicine - Best Friend Gone Project (pet loss counseling)
Skip Bertman Drive · (225) 578-9452
Brief, confidential, free pet loss counseling in person or by phone, including support for anticipatory grief and end-of-life decisions; open to the public, not only LSU hospital clients. - West Baton Rouge Parish Shelter & Animal Control
3183 Ted Denstel Road, Port Allen, LA 70767 · (225) 336-2428
Parish shelter and animal control that enforces parish ordinances, impounds animals, investigates cruelty complaints and cares for neglected, unclaimed, abused and abandoned animals. Every animal adopted from the shelter is spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped. Residents can request a trap for a stray animal. Staff respond after hours and on weekends for emergencies only (bites, animals in danger of dying, or public safety threats).
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 Louisiana 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.