Pet Help in the Erie Area

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In Erie 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

• Erie Animal Network Feral Cat Outreach
  1158 W 26th St, Erie, PA
  Support for feral cat caretakers in Erie County: food, shelters, free straw bedding and advice on trap-neuter-vaccinate-return. Erie Animal Network also runs Project Cat Track, numbered breakaway-collar tags to find out whether a friendly stray has a home.

Low-cost clinics and vaccines

• Erie Humane Society Pet Wellness Clinic
  2433 Zimmerly Road, Erie, PA 16506 · 814-315-9854
  Affordable wellness clinic for owned pets next to the Erie Humane Society shelter, offering low-cost spay/neuter surgery, vaccinations, parasite screenings, grooming and end-of-life services including private or general cremation.
• Orphan Angels Cat Clinic
  5439 W Lake Rd, Erie, PA 16505 · 814-746-4128
  Cat-only clinic run by Orphan Angels and open to the public: wellness and sick exams, spay and neuter, FVRCP, rabies and feline leukemia vaccines, microchips, FeLV/FIV tests and second opinions.

Veterinary hospitals and clinics

• ANNA Wellness Center
  1415 East 10th Street, Erie, PA 16503 · 814-314-1518
  Veterinary clinic run by The ANNA Shelter offering routine wellness care, vaccinations, flea control, spay/neuter, dental care, routine surgeries and sick pet visits.
• Erie Animal Network Safe Net/Safe Pet (pets of domestic violence survivors)
  1158 W 26th St, Erie, PA
  Emergency, confidential foster care, vet care and food for the pets of people fleeing domestic abuse, in partnership with Safe Net Domestic Violence Shelter. Pets are reunited with their owners after Safe Net services end.
• Erie Humane Society Haven to Home Program
  2407 Zimmerly Road, Erie, PA 16506
  Free, safe temporary shelter for the pets of domestic violence survivors, run with SafeNet. Pets receive food and veterinary care at no cost, owners can visit, and families are reunited with their pets once they find safe permanent housing.
• NW PA Pet Emergency Center
  429 West 38th Street, Erie, PA 16508 · 814-866-5920
  After-hours emergency veterinary hospital serving Erie and surrounding communities in Erie County, PA and Erie County, NY, with emergency surgery, trauma care, in-house lab, cardiac monitoring, radiology and ultrasound.

Pet food

• ANNA Shelter Pet Food Bank
  1555 East 10th Street, Erie, PA 16511 · 814-451-0230
  Pet food bank for pet owners who need help feeding their pets when times get tough, run with the Erie Animal Network. Food is limited to what is available at any given time.
• Erie Animal Network Community Pet Food Bank
  1158 W 26th St, Erie, PA
  Volunteer-run community pet food bank that shares pet food and supplies with Erie County pet owners facing a setback, to reduce surrenders and abandonment. Its Purple Dog House program adds little pet food pantries around Erie County, open 24/7. Free straw bedding is offered for outdoor community cats.

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

• Erie Animal Network Muffy's Fund (end-of-life help)
  1158 W 26th St, Erie, PA
  Helps owners of terminally ill, suffering pets who cannot afford it get a private humane euthanasia.
• Erie Humane Society
  2407 Zimmerly Road, Erie, PA 16506 · (814) 835-8331
  Independent no-kill shelter founded in 1892 that rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes stray, surrendered, neglected and abused pets. Offers adoptions, shelter admission, lost and found resources, humane law enforcement and a veteran adoption program. A dog park is on site.
• Orphan Angels Cat Sanctuary and Adoption Center
  5439 W Lake Rd, Erie, PA 16505 · (814) 746-0511
  No-kill, free-roaming cat sanctuary in Erie with foster and adoption programs, including cats with special needs, FIV and FeLV. More than 100 cats live on site.
• The ANNA Shelter
  1555 East 10th Street, Erie, PA 16511 · 814-451-0230
  Erie animal shelter that takes in stray dogs and, by appointment, owner surrenders and stray cats, and adopts out dogs, cats, small animals, horses and farm animals. Also runs a cruelty and neglect division and community outreach programs.

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 Pennsylvania 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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