Pet Help in the Hudson Valley
In the Hudson Valley 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
- T.A.R.A. Mobile Spay/Neuter Clinic for Cats
Orange, Sullivan, Rockland and Dutchess counties · (845) 343-1000
Cats-only mobile spay/neuter clinic from The Animal Rights Alliance. The fee includes a rabies vaccine, ear cleaning, nail trim and tattoo; feral cats can be ear-tipped at no extra charge. Loaner traps can be arranged. Runs town reduced-cost certificate programs with several townships. - T.A.R.A. Stationary Spay/Neuter Clinic for Dogs (Middletown)
60 Enterprise Place, Middletown, NY 10940 · (845) 343-1000
Nonprofit low-cost spay/neuter clinic for dogs at The Animal Rights Alliance's stationary clinic. Surgery includes a rabies vaccine, cone collar, three nights of pain medication and a tattoo. Other vaccines, heartworm/Lyme testing, preventives and flea treatment are offered at surgery. Free shuttle service is available through some partner shelters. - RG CARES TNVR Initiative (Rockland Green)
65 Firemen's Memorial Dr., Pomona, NY 10970 · (845) 753-2200 x637
Trap-neuter-vaccinate-return program for outdoor community cats run through the RG CARES Animal Shelter. Cats are sterilized, vaccinated (including rabies) and returned to where they live; kittens too young or sick to return go to shelters or foster homes. - Warwick & Chester Cat Spay/Neuter Certificate Program (WVHS and T.A.R.A.)
48 Public Works Drive, Warwick, NY 10990 · (845) 986-2473
Low-cost spay, neuter and return program for cats, subsidized by the Towns of Warwick and Chester and managed by the Warwick Valley Humane Society, with surgery done by T.A.R.A. Certificates expire 60 days after purchase.
Low-cost clinics and vaccines
- Dutchess County SPCA Community Clinic
634 Violet Avenue, Hyde Park, NY 12538 · 845-452-7722
Low-cost community clinic for pet owners who struggle to afford private vet care, offering wellness exams, sick exams for minor illness or injury, vaccines, heartworm and feline disease testing, fecal tests, deworming, microchips and blood work. It does not handle life-threatening emergencies. - T.A.R.A. Weekly Vaccine Clinic (Middletown)
60 Enterprise Place, Middletown, NY 10941 · (845) 343-1000
Weekly low-cost vaccine clinic for dogs and cats at T.A.R.A.'s Middletown clinic, offering rabies, distemper, Bordetella, Lyme, leptospirosis, canine flu and feline leukemia vaccines.
Keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss
- Hudson Valley SPCA - Goshen
44 Police Drive, Goshen, NY 10924 · (845) 294-3984
Goshen location of the Hudson Valley SPCA, a no-kill animal sanctuary that shelters dogs and cats for adoption. - Dutchess County SPCA
636 Violet Avenue, Hyde Park, NY 12538 · 845-452-7722
No-kill shelter and adoption and education center in Hyde Park for cats, dogs and small animals, with a low-cost community clinic next door. - Hudson Valley SPCA - New Windsor
940 Little Britain Road (Route 207), New Windsor, NY 12553 · (845) 564-6810
No-kill animal sanctuary in Orange County that rescues and shelters dogs and cats for adoption and runs humane law enforcement. - Hudson Valley Humane Society
200 Quaker Road, Pomona, NY 10970 · (845) 354-3124
Volunteer-run no-kill nonprofit animal shelter in Pomona offering dog and cat adoptions, humane law enforcement (animal cruelty reports), boarding and lost and found pet help. - RG CARES Animal Shelter (Rockland Green)
65 Firemen's Memorial Dr., Pomona, NY 10970 · (845) 414-9700
Rockland County's animal shelter in Pomona (formerly Hi-Tor), run by Rockland Green, the county solid waste authority, with Four Legs Good managing animal care. Offers dog and cat adoptions and a trap-neuter-vaccinate-return program for community cats. - Warwick Valley Humane Society
48 Public Works Drive, Warwick, NY 10990 · (845) 986-2473
Nonprofit that has run the Warwick Animal Shelter since 1968 and provides animal control for the Towns of Warwick and Chester (impound facility for Tuxedo). Offers adoptions, foster care, lost and found pet help, cruelty reports and a Seniors for Seniors program that waives adoption fees on designated senior pets for adopters 60 and older.
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 York 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.