Pet Help in the Wilmington Area
In Wilmington 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
- Eastern Carolina Veterinary Medical Center (Wilmington) 24 hours
50 Greenville Ave, Wilmington, NC 28403 · (910) 790-1070
24/7 emergency hospital with specialty services by appointment, formerly Eastern Carolina Veterinary Referral. Serves Wilmington, Leland, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, Hampstead and the surrounding area.
Spay, neuter and vouchers
- Brunswick County Animal Protective Services Spay/Neuter Program
429 Green Swamp Rd., Supply, NC 28462 · (910) 253-1738
Income-based spay/neuter voucher program that pays part of the cost of spaying or neutering a companion dog or cat. Limit of two vouchers per household. - Friends of Felines (Wilmington)
New Hanover County · (910) 452-6721
All-volunteer nonprofit serving New Hanover County since 1996 that does trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) for feral and stray cats and places cats through foster and adoption. - Wilmington Animal Centrix SNIP Spay/Neuter Vouchers
New Hanover County and surrounding communities
Community outreach nonprofit working to reduce pet homelessness in New Hanover County and surrounding communities. Its SNIP (Spay & Neuter Initiative Program) provides spay/neuter vouchers redeemed at participating clinics. Voucher applications are seasonal: they are closed for the season and reopen in the spring. - Wilmington Animal Centrix Trap-Neuter-Return Program
New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick and Onslow counties
TNR/TNVR support for community cats: a small trapping team for colonies of fewer than 10 cats, free Feral Cat Package spay/neuter vouchers for people helping neighborhood community cats, and the free Mission M.E.O.W. spay/neuter seminar and cat shelter workshop held twice a year. - Fix A Friend Spay Neuter Clinic
6033 Ocean Highway East, Winnabow, NC 28479 · (910) 253-8161
Nonprofit high-volume low-cost spay/neuter clinic created by Adopt an Angel, serving the public and area rescues across Southeastern NC. Offers cat and dog spay/neuter, a feral cat package, vaccines and microchips, and wellness appointments. Vouchers are accepted.
Low-cost clinics and vaccines
- Pender County Animal Shelter Low-Cost Rabies Vaccines
3280 New Savannah Road, Burgaw, NC 28425 · (910) 259-1484
Low-cost rabies vaccines for dogs, cats and ferrets at the Pender County Animal Shelter, with a lower fee for county residents.
Pet food
- Wilmington Animal Centrix Paw Provisions Pet Food Program
New Hanover County and surrounding communities
Pet food and supply program for local pet owners facing financial hardship, distributed through events and partner food banks, along with pet care information and spay/neuter vouchers.
Keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss
- Pender County Animal Shelter
3280 New Savannah Road, Burgaw, NC 28425 · (910) 259-1484
County shelter that supports Pender County Animal Control. Open seven days a week for surrenders, adoptions and rabies vaccines. Takes animals belonging to Pender County residents or found in Pender County. - Southport-Oak Island Animal Rescue (SOAR)
3376 St Charles Pl SE, Southport, NC 28461 · (910) 457-6340
Nonprofit no-kill animal rescue in Southport providing shelter, medical treatment, food and daily care for lost and abandoned dogs and cats, with adoptions. - Brunswick County Sheriff's Animal Protective Services (Animal Shelter)
429 Green Swamp Rd., Supply, NC 28462 · (910) 253-1738
Brunswick County's animal shelter and animal control, run by the Sheriff's Office. Offers adoptions, lost and found pets, stray pickup, and takes reports of injured or suspected rabid animals, bites, cruelty and abandonment. - Adopt-an-A.N.G.E.L.
Southeastern North Carolina
Wilmington nonprofit rescue founded in 2004 that places cats and dogs in homes, assists animal controls, runs spay/neuter programs and does community outreach in southeastern North Carolina. It created the Fix A Friend Spay Neuter Clinic. - All 4 Cats
All-volunteer, foster-based cat rescue in Wilmington that works with the community to rescue local stray cats, nurses them back to health, spays/neuters and socializes them, and finds them homes. Holds weekend adoption events and offers a found-stray guide and behavior resources. - New Hanover County Sheriff's Office Animal Services Unit (Animal Shelter)
180 Division Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401 · (910) 798-7500
New Hanover County's animal control and shelter, run by the Sheriff's Office. Enforces animal laws, handles rabies control and animal complaints, and adopts out animals that have been spayed/neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. - New Hanover Humane Society
2405 N. 23rd Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 · (910) 763-6692
Nonprofit animal shelter in Wilmington with dogs and cats for adoption, exercise yards and a cat porch for meeting animals, and pet hurricane-preparedness resources.
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.