Pet Help in South Jersey
In South Jersey 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.
Want what’s closest to you? Search by ZIP code or your location. Nearby: North Jersey.
Spay, neuter and vouchers
- Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center - Community Cats TNR
125 County House Road, Blackwood, NJ 08012 · 856-401-1300
Grant-supported trap-neuter-return for community cats. Camden County residents are not charged for community cats; the service includes spay/neuter, ear tip, feline distemper vaccine and a one-year rabies vaccine. - New Jersey Department of Health - Animal Population Control Program
Statewide · 1-800-367-6543
State-funded spay/neuter at participating vets for a small copay, for dogs or cats of residents on SNAP/food stamps, Medicaid, General Public Assistance, rental assistance, AFDC, Lifeline, SSI or PAAD (show your ID card), and for pets adopted from eligible NJ shelters, pounds or nonprofit adoption agencies (dogs must be licensed). - Trenton Cats Rescue - Community Spay/Neuter Assistance
Greater Trenton area · 857-228-8696
All-volunteer, foster-based cat rescue in the greater Trenton area that arranges low-cost spay/neuter for cat owners, including financial assistance and transportation to and from the appointment, plus trap-neuter-return resources. Its adoptable cats are spayed/neutered, vaccinated and microchipped.
Low-cost clinics and vaccines
- Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center - Clinic
125 County House Road, Blackwood, NJ 08012 · 856-401-1300
Nonprofit clinic offering affordable vaccines, flea/tick/heartworm preventatives, microchipping and spay/neuter surgery for dogs and cats. Vaccines, preventatives and microchips are walk-in; spay/neuter is by appointment. Camden City residents get reduced cat spay/neuter fees. - Animal Welfare Association - Vets on Wheels
600 Park Dr. · (856) 424-2288
Free vaccines (distemper, rabies, Bordetella), deworming and microchipping from a mobile unit for Camden City residents only; first 50 pet owners each day. - Pennpet Clinic
3495 Haddonfield Road, Pennsauken, NJ 08109 · 856 979 6585
Affordable surgical and preventive care clinic offering vaccines, heartworm tests, microchips, spay/neuter, pyometra surgery, soft-tissue surgeries and dentals for dogs and cats, with a discount for rescue groups. Does not perform cruciate repair or accommodate dogs over 90 lbs. - Animal Welfare Association (AWA) Pet Clinic
509 Centennial Blvd · (856) 424-2288
South Jersey's oldest and largest low-cost pet clinic, open to the public for wellness exams, low-cost vaccines and tests (vaccine clinic every Tuesday and Saturday), and preventive products for pets seen by AWA vets.
Pet food
- Camden County Pet Food Pantry - Homeward Bound
125 County House Road, Blackwood, NJ 08012 · 856-401-1300
Pet food assistance created by the four animal welfare organizations of the Animal Alliance of Camden County to help residents keep pets in their homes. Pantry dates are scheduled when supplies are available and posted on the website; food is given first come, first served. Pantries are held at Homeward Bound in Blackwood and at the Animal Welfare Association in Voorhees. - Animal Welfare Association - Pet Food Pantry
509 Centennial Blvd · (856) 424-2288
Short-term pet food and supplies for people struggling to feed their own pets (not cat colonies), handed out on scheduled dates at AWA's Voorhees facility.
Keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss
- Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center
125 County House Road, Blackwood, NJ 08012 · 856-401-1300
Nonprofit pet adoption center serving Camden County, with dog and cat adoptions, fostering, owner surrender and rehoming help, and lost and found pet services. - EASEL Animal Rescue League - Ewing Animal Shelter
4 Jake Garzio Drive, Ewing Township, NJ 08618 · (609) 883-0540
No-kill nonprofit that runs the Ewing Township animal shelter, caring for stray and surrendered pets and supporting Ewing's animal control officers. Offers adoption and foster programs, trap-neuter-return, low-cost spay/neuter and low-cost vaccination clinics, residence assistance for low-income households, behavior training help, pet surrender services and lost-pet help through Petco Love Lost.
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 New Jersey 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.