Pet Help in the Syracuse Area

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In Syracuse and need help now? For an emergency, go to one of the emergency vets below and tell them if cost is a barrier. To lower costs, start with the spay/neuter programs. For food, see the pet food programs. For a bill you can’t cover, get a free funding plan.

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Emergency and urgent care

• Veterinary Medical Center of CNY 24 hours
  5841 Bridge Street, East Syracuse, NY 13057 · 315-446-7933
  24-hour emergency and critical care center and specialty hospital in East Syracuse, with pre-screening triage through VetTriage.

Spay, neuter and vouchers

• Fixing to Help CNY (Spay/Neuter Financial Assistance)
  526 Old Liverpool Rd, Liverpool, NY 13088 · (315) 729-8691
  Nonprofit that pays most or nearly all of the cost of spay/neuter surgery for low-income Onondaga County pet owners. Covered appointments are performed at Spay and Neuter Syracuse (SANS) and include a pre-op exam, surgery, rabies and distemper vaccines, flea treatment, ear cleaning, nail trim and take-home pain medication.
• Spay and Neuter Syracuse (SANS)
  526 Old Liverpool Rd, Liverpool, NY 13088 · 315-834-0141
  Nonprofit low-cost spay and neuter clinic for dogs and cats of low-income owners, strays, shelter animals and feral cats in Central New York. Packages include spay/neuter, rabies and distemper vaccines, a month of flea preventative, nail trim and ear cleaning. Microchips and FeLV/FIV tests are offered at the time of surgery. Also sells flea medication.

Pet food

• CNYSPCA Pet Food Pantry
  5878 East Molloy Road, Syracuse, NY 13211 · 315-454-4479
  Limited supplemental pet food for community members having trouble caring for their pets, to help keep pets in their homes.
• The Kia Foundation Pet Thrift Store & Pet Food Pantry (Syracuse)
  2546 James Street, Syracuse, NY 13206 · (680) 214-6241
  Nonprofit pet food bank and pet thrift shop for Central New York, with new and gently used pet supplies and a small animal rescue inside the store. The foundation has distributed more than 200,000 pounds of dog and cat food since 2018.

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

• Helping Hounds Dog Rescue (North Syracuse)
  7268 Caswell Street, North Syracuse, NY 13212 · (315) 446-5970
  Nonprofit dog rescue that finds homes for rescue dogs in Central New York and offers lifetime support to adopters, plus a foster program and pet parent resources.
• Central New York SPCA (CNYSPCA)
  5878 East Molloy Rd, Syracuse, NY 13211 · 315-454-4479
  Syracuse-area shelter with adoptions, dog control, animal welfare services, an on-site veterinary center for shelter animals and a pet food pantry.
• CNYSPCA Animal Welfare Services (Cruelty Investigations)
  5878 East Molloy Rd, Syracuse, NY 13211 · (315) 454-3469
  The Central New York SPCA investigates animal cruelty reports for towns in Onondaga County (including Camillus, DeWitt, Manlius, Salina, Geddes, Lysander and others) and the Town of Hastings in Oswego County. It does not respond to cruelty reports in the City of Syracuse, which go to the Syracuse Police Department.
• Syracuse Police Dog Control Division
  City of Syracuse · 315-442-5346
  Syracuse Police Dog Control Officers handle dog complaints in the City of Syracuse, including barking, unleashed, unlicensed, aggressive and stray dogs. They work with the B & R Bunkhouse Adoptables dog shelter, operated by Barks & Rec, which houses unclaimed strays and victims of cruelty and neglect.

Paying for a bigger bill

Apply to more than one assistance program at a time. 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.

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