Pet Help in Kansas City
In Kansas City 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
- Independence Animal Services Operation Litterless (Low-Cost Spay/Neuter)
21001 MO-78, Independence, MO 64057
Funded low-cost spay/neuter for pets of qualifying low-income residents, with a small requested donation per pet. - Independence Animal Services Trap-Neuter-Return Program
21001 MO-78, Independence, MO 64057
Low-cost TNR for community cats: spay/neuter, ear tip, tattoo, rabies and FVRCP vaccines and parasite treatment. Same-day drop-off and pickup. - Pet Resource Center of Kansas City - Affordable Spay/Neuter
1116 E. 59th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110 · 816-353-0940
Nonprofit spay/neuter clinic (formerly Spay and Neuter Kansas City) for dogs and cats as young as 8 weeks and at least 2 pounds. Pets go home the same day with post-op medication and an e-collar; dissolving sutures mean no return visit. Financial aid is discussed at the appointment. - Pet Resource Center of Kansas City - Community Cats (TNR)
1116 E. 59th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110 · 816-353-0940
Low-cost spay/neuter for feral and community cats, including anesthesia, ear tipping, pain injection, rabies and FVRCP vaccines, with multi-cat discounts. Humane traps are available to rent. - Spay & Neuter Collaborative of Kansas City (SNCKC)
Kansas City metro
Coalition of Kansas City animal organizations that holds free public spay/neuter events every few months, including surgery, rabies vaccine and microchip. Also runs a Priority Pet Helpline for pets and owners in difficult situations who cannot wait for the next event.
Low-cost clinics and vaccines
- Pet Resource Center of Kansas City - Urgent Pet Care
5829 Troost Ave., Kansas City, MO 64110 · 816-353-0940
Walk-in outpatient urgent care clinic for sick pets, seeing up to about 10 patients a day. Not for true emergencies or hospitalization. - Pet Resource Center of Kansas City - Wellness Vaccines and Mobile Clinics
1116 E. 59th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110 · 816-353-0940
Affordable wellness care at the 59th and Troost clinic: vaccinations, flea, tick and heartworm prevention, microchipping, heartworm tests and dental exams. Mobile drive-thru and sit-and-serve vaccine clinics run around the city.
Pet food
- Pet Resource Center of Kansas City - Pet Food Pantry
1116 E. 59th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110 · 816-353-0940
Supplemental wet and dry dog and cat food, cat litter and sometimes other pet food for people struggling to feed their pets. Also serves churches, rescues and shelters.
Keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss
- Independence Animal Services (Regional Animal Shelter)
21001 MO-78, Independence, MO 64057 · 816-325-7207
City of Independence shelter and animal field services. Offers adoption, foster, lost and found pets, pet surrender, behavior help and spay/neuter and TNR programs. Officers handle loose, dead, neglected, biting or dangerous animals and respond to emergencies after hours, weekends and holidays. Adopted pets are spayed or neutered, microchipped and vaccinated. - KC Pet Project Shelter at Swope Park (Kansas City)
7077 Elmwood Ave., Kansas City, MO 64132 · 816-683-1383
Kansas City municipal shelter on the Campus for Animal Care, managed by KC Pet Project. Adoptions also happen at the Zona Rosa adoption center and Petco locations. - Wayside Waifs
3901 Martha Truman Road, Kansas City, MO 64137 · 816-761-8151
No-kill animal shelter on a Kansas City campus with adoptions of dogs, cats and small animals, a barn cat program, pet surrender, lost and found pets, foster care, dog training classes, behavior resources, an outreach program and an animal rescue program. - Wayside Waifs Pet Memorial Services
3901 Martha Truman Road, Kansas City, MO 64137 · 816-986-4406
Pet aftercare at Wayside Waifs' Pet Memorial Park, started in 1946: individual cremation with ashes returned in a wooden urn, communal cremation with burial in the Companion Field section, and urns and caskets. All revenue supports the shelter's animals. - Lee's Summit Animal Control and Shelter
1991 SE Hamblen Road, Lee's Summit, MO 64082 · 816-969-1640
City animal control and shelter giving temporary shelter to more than 4,000 stray, unwanted, abandoned, orphaned and injured animals a year, with adoptions of cats, dogs and small animals. Responds to abuse, bites, barking and deceased animals, licenses pets, and lends traps for 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 Missouri 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.