Pet Help in the Providence Area
In Providence 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
- Providence Animal Rescue League (PARL) Spay/Neuter Clinic
Providence · (401) 421-1399
Spay/neuter clinic with lower prices for people with proof of state or federal assistance (cats and dogs), plus add-on tests, vaccines and microchips. - Potter League Spay & Neuter Clinic (Warwick)
235 Elm Street, Warwick, RI 02888 · 401-369-7297
Subsidized, low-cost spay/neuter surgery for Rhode Island cats and dogs, including community cats. Pets 12 weeks and older need a current rabies certificate at admission, or a rabies vaccine is given at no extra charge. Add-on services such as microchips and parasite treatment are available at the time of surgery. - RISPCA Animal Health Center WESNP Spay/Neuter Program
155 Plan Way · (401) 383-9300
Low-cost spay/neuter for owned cats, dogs and rabbits with no income requirement; pets should be under 5 and healthy (older pets need an exam and bloodwork first), and flat-faced breeds or pets with heart murmurs can't use this price.
Veterinary hospitals and clinics
- RISPCA Anchored Paws Program (Hardship Boarding) · 401.383.1900
Temporary boarding, foster care and vet care for pets of domestic violence victims and of veterans who need hospitalization, so families can reunite with their pets afterward. RISPCA works with local domestic violence agencies and social workers and provides housing for up to 30 days. Acceptance depends on the shelter's population at the time.
Pet food
- PARL Pet Food Pantry and Paw n' Go Pantry
Providence · (401) 421-1399
Free pet food, cat litter and supplies for anyone in need, from a self-serve outdoor pantry restocked daily and at scheduled on-site pantry days. - RISPCA Pet Food Pantry
155 Plan Way · (401) 383-1900
Free dog and cat food for households in financial hardship needing short-term help, first come, first served while donated supplies last.
Keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss
- Cranston Animal Shelter
920 Phenix Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920 · (401) 464-8700
City shelter run by the Cranston Police Department. It houses homeless, surrendered and sick or injured dogs and cats (not stray cats), handles adoptions and returns lost pets to owners. An Animal Control Officer answers animal control calls on days the shelter is closed to the public. - Pawtucket Animal Shelter (Paul J. Wildenhain Memorial Animal Shelter)
401 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02861
City of Pawtucket animal shelter with pets available for adoption and a volunteer program. - Providence Animal Control
200 Terminal Road, Providence, RI · 401-243-6040
City of Providence animal control and shelter. Officers handle uncontrolled domestic animals, bites and attacks, nuisance animals, cruelty, stray and unlicensed animals, and sick or injured animals. The unit also runs TNR (trap-neuter-return), keeps lost and found records, licenses dogs, accepts owner surrenders case by case and adopts out cats, dogs and small animals. Impounded animals are held five days. - Providence Animal Rescue League
34 Elbow Street, Providence, RI 02903 · (401) 421-1399
Nonprofit animal shelter in Providence. Adoption details are at parl.org/adopt. - Rhode Island SPCA - Adoption Center
155 Plan Way, Warwick, RI 02886 · (401) 383-1900
Rhode Island SPCA shelter, established by the state legislature in 1870. It offers adoption of dogs, cats and small animals, foster care, animal cruelty investigations, lost and found help, a pet food pantry, financial assistance through the Marvin Fund, behavior and training help, rehoming help and an Animal Health Center. - Warwick Animal Shelter
101 Arthur Devine Blvd, Warwick, RI 02886 · (401) 468-4377
City of Warwick animal shelter that cares for shelter animals, handles adoptions, educates the public on animal issues and enforces sterilization laws. Adoptions are rarely approved on the same day an application is submitted.
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 Rhode Island 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.