Pet Help in the Sioux Falls Area

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In Sioux Falls 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

• All City Pet Care Veterinary Emergency Hospital 24 hours
  3508 S. Minnesota Ave., Suite 102, Sioux Falls, SD 57105 · (605) 335-4004
  Full-service veterinary emergency hospital open 24 hours every day, with surgery and referral services. The ER uses triage to see the most urgent cases first.

Spay, neuter and vouchers

• Sioux Empire TNR Coalition
  Sioux Empire (Sioux Falls area)
  All-volunteer group that funds spay/neuter, vaccines, microchips and medical care for community cats and adoptable cats in the Sioux Empire, and announces low-cost cat spay/neuter clinics at South Central Veterinary Clinic through its mailing list and Facebook page. Its foster homes are full and its help request form is closed.
• Sioux Falls Area Humane Society Community Cat Caregiver Permits (TNR)
  3720 E Benson Rd, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 · 605-338-4441
  Issues the community cat caregiver permits required under the Sioux Falls city animal ordinance for people who feed, shelter and care for feral community cats through trap-neuter-return. A humane officer visits the colony site before approval.
• Sioux Falls SNIP Clinics (Sioux Falls Area Humane Society and Hanson Family Foundation)
  Sioux Falls · (605) 338-4441
  Monthly low-cost spay/neuter, vaccine and microchip clinics, booked online.

Low-cost clinics and vaccines

• Pet Wellness Veterinary Hospital (Hanson Family Foundation)
  Sioux Falls · (605) 271-1152
  South Dakota's first nonprofit vet hospital, with two Sioux Falls locations, offering care at affordable prices with pay-over-time options and now taking new patients; the Foundation's Pay-It-Forward Fund helps families pay for spay/neuter and vaccines.

Pet food

• Sioux Falls Area Humane Society Pet Food Bank
  3720 E Benson Rd · (605) 338-4441
  Free pet food for any Sioux Falls-area pet owner facing money problems, with no appointment needed; bring a photo ID, and you can come once every 30 days for up to 4 pets.

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

• Sioux Falls Area Humane Society End of Life Services
  3720 E Benson Rd, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 · 605-338-4441
  Reduced-fee euthanasia when private veterinary care is not affordable, for rodents, cats, dogs, lizards, birds and other animals, with cremation through Forever Friends. Owners cannot be present during the procedure. Pet loss support contacts are listed.
• Sioux Falls Area Humane Society: Shelter, Adoptions and Surrenders
  3720 E Benson Rd, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 · 605-338-4441
  Sioux Falls animal shelter offering adoptions, owner surrenders, lost and found help, a working cat program, microchipping, cruelty reports and animal assistance 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 South Dakota 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.

Every listing was checked on the provider’s own website. Know a place we’re missing? Tell us.