Pet Help in Greensboro, Winston-Salem and the Triad
In the Triad 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
- Carolina Veterinary Specialists - Greensboro 24 hours
501 Nicholas Rd, Greensboro, NC 27409 · (336) 632-0605
24/7 emergency veterinary hospital for dogs and cats, open every day including weekends, with specialty services by referral. The emergency service accepts all clients. - Carolina Veterinary Specialists - Winston-Salem 24 hours
1600 Hanes Mall Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 · (336) 896-0902
24/7 emergency veterinary hospital, open every day including weekends, with specialty services by referral. The emergency service welcomes all clients.
Spay, neuter and vouchers
- Guilford County Animal Services Spay/Neuter Voucher Program
Guilford County residents · (336) 641-3400
Vouchers that cover part of the cost of a spay/neuter at clinics approved by Guilford County Animal Services. The owner pays any remaining cost. The program runs by fiscal year (July 1 to June 30), with a limit of one animal per household per fiscal year. - Forsyth Humane Society Spay and Neuter Clinic
725 Waughtown St, Winston-Salem, NC 27107 · (336) 955-1750
Forsyth Humane Society's spay and neuter clinic, offering spay/neuter surgery packages by appointment. The clinic does not provide overnight care, x-rays, oxygen therapy, in-hospital treatment of contagious illness or chronic disease management. - SpayKind Spay/Neuter Voucher Program · (336) 723-3647
Winston-Salem nonprofit (formerly Humane Solutions) providing reduced-cost spay/neuter vouchers for dogs and cats of under-resourced pet owners, used at participating vets. A feral cat program provides vouchers covering surgery, rabies and distemper vaccines, flea treatment and ear tip, plus trap loans and limited trapping, transport and overnight help. Also holds pet vaccine clinics.
Low-cost clinics and vaccines
- Guilford County Animal Services Free Rabies Clinics
Guilford County · (336) 641-3400
Free one-year rabies vaccines offered at Guilford County Animal Services rabies clinics. For people who cannot safely bring their animal to a clinic, Animal Control offers at-home rabies vaccines for a fee to qualifying residents. - Central Spay Neuter & Wellness Clinic
2780 West Mountain St., Kernersville, NC 27284 · (336) 723-7550
Low-cost spay, neuter and vaccine clinic for cats and dogs, with an online pharmacy. Does not see sick or injured pets. By appointment only; no walk-ins.
Pet food
- Forsyth Humane Society Pet Food Assistance Program
Free pet food for people facing hardship, distributed through partner locations rather than the Forsyth Humane Society building. Partner pickup sites include Ardmore United Methodist Church (630 S Hawthorne Rd., Winston-Salem; 1st and 3rd Thursday, 5:30-7:00pm), Holy Cross Catholic Church (616 S. Cherry St., Kernersville; 3rd Thursday, 10-11am), Love Community Development (3980 N. Liberty St., Winston-Salem; 1st Monday and 3rd Tuesday, 12-3pm), Fur Ever Friends of NC partner sites and Fuzzy Friends Pet Food Pantry.
Keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss
- Guilford County Animal Services (Guilford County Animal Shelter)
980 Guilford College Road, Greensboro, NC 27409 · (336) 641-3400
County animal shelter and animal control caring for lost, abandoned and surrendered animals. Offers adoptions, lost and found pet help, fostering, owner surrenders by appointment and owner-requested euthanasia. No appointment is needed to reclaim a lost pet, bring in a found stray or drop off donations. - High Point Police Department Animal Control
City of High Point · (336) 883-3224
City animal control officers who respond to animal abuse or neglect, leash law violations, bites, chained or tethered dogs, stray and injured animals and barking dogs. Strays are taken to the Guilford County Animal Shelter for owners to reclaim. Officers also help with rabies clinics and provide resources to get dogs off chains. - Davidson County Animal Shelter
490 Glendale Road, Lexington, NC 27292 · (336) 357-0805
Open-admission county shelter that houses stray, injured, abused and unwanted animals, offers adoptions and helps return lost pets. Animal control (a separate department) handles strays, rabies control and cruelty complaints for the county and the cities of Lexington and Thomasville. - Forsyth County Animal Shelter
5570 Sturmer Park Circle, Winston-Salem, NC 27105 · (336) 703-2480
County animal shelter offering adoptions of dogs, cats and other animals, lost and found help, rehoming resources and pet help resources. Forsyth County Animal Services handles animal control, wildlife and rabies issues. - Forsyth Humane Society
4881 Country Club Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27104 · (336) 721-1303
Winston-Salem humane society, founded in 1941, offering pet adoptions, pet surrender, lost and found help, fostering, a retail store, and resources including veterinary financial assistance information.
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 North Carolina 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.