Skip to content

Free help finding care and support for your pet

El Paso County Animal Welfare Department

What it is
Shelters and rescues
Where
El Paso County
Status
Open
Checked
on the official website, November 5, 2026

Need help paying for your pet’s care? Ways to pay a vet bill in Texas · Get a free funding plan

← Pet help in El Paso · All help in Texas

County department that returns lost pets to owners and arranges adoptions, fosters and transfers to rescue partners. Eight Animal Welfare Officers enforce license compliance, investigate cruelty and neglect, respond to bites and rabies concerns, and do pet welfare checks; officers also vaccinate and microchip. Fosters receive medical care and food for their foster pets.

Checked on the official website · November 5, 2026 What this means
An independently researched listing, not a statement of partnership or endorsement.

How to reach them

Where: 9521 Socorro Rd., Suite B3, El Paso, TX 79927

Good to know

  • How to get started: Call (915) 273-3470.

Emergency? Call your veterinarian or the nearest 24-hour emergency hospital now, and tell them if cost is a barrier. Emergency signs and poison hotlines

If cost is the barrier: Paying for Care compares grants, payment plans and fundraising, and a free funding plan puts them together for your pet.

Also from this organization

More keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss near El Paso

Other help near El Paso

Find more help near you

Type your ZIP code to see emergency vets, low-cost clinics, spay/neuter, pet food and help paying a bill, closest first.

Every listing in the El Paso guide → · All 505 programs in Texas →

Work here? Check this listing for your organization. Refer people here? Tools for care teams. Help My Pet is free for organizations and the families they serve, and families who can’t cover a bill can get a free fundraiser page.

Sources

El Paso County Animal Welfare Department official page, checked November 5, 2026.

Get help for my pet