Pet Help in the Killeen and Temple Area

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In Killeen and Temple 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

• Harker Heights Trap Neuter Return (TNR) Program
  403 Indian Trail, Harker Heights, TX 76548 · (254) 953-5472
  City trap-neuter-return program for feral and community cats trapped inside Harker Heights city limits. The per-cat fee covers spay/neuter, vaccinations, ear tip and microchip; residents with financial issues can talk to staff about funding.

Low-cost clinics and vaccines

• Emancipet - Killeen Clinic
  4404 E Central Texas Expressway, Suite 300, Killeen, TX 76542 · (254) 415-4950
  Nonprofit low-cost vet clinic offering spay/neuter surgery by appointment and Healthy Pet Services such as vaccines, dewormers, flea/tick/heartworm prevention, microchips, heartworm and fecal tests. Occasional same- or next-day urgent surgery for pyometra and dystocia in dogs (call first). Not a full-service clinic: it does not treat sick or injured pets.

Veterinary hospitals and clinics

• Animal Emergency Center of Killeen
  2808 Illinois Ave, Killeen, TX 76543 · (254) 628-5017
  Overnight emergency and critical care hospital for small animals with in-house lab, imaging and emergency procedures. Open 24 hours on weekends and on all major holidays.
• Animal Emergency Center of Temple-Belton
  3809 South General Bruce Drive, Suite 108, Temple, TX 76502 · (254) 231-3774
  Emergency and critical care overnight hospital for small animals offering hospitalization, surgery, digital radiography, in-house lab, and euthanasia and cremation services. Open 24 hours Friday through Monday and all holidays.

Pet food

• Harker Heights Pet Adoption Center - Pet Food Pantry
  403 Indian Trail, Harker Heights, TX 76548 · (254) 953-5472
  Donation-supported pet food pantry giving free dog and cat food to individuals and families having difficulty feeding their pets. Open to anyone in need regardless of residency, as temporary support.

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

• Bell County Animal Shelter
  2509 S Loop 121, Belton, TX 76513 · (254) 933-6780
  Joint City of Belton and Bell County animal shelter run under the Bell County Sheriff. Manages stray, sick and dangerous animals and adopts out as many animals as possible; it is a limited-kill facility. Adoptable animals are posted on its Facebook page.
• Bell County Sheriff's Office Animal Control
  Unincorporated Bell County · (254) 933-5412
  Sheriff's Office section handling domesticated animal calls in Bell County, including care and transport of animals, ordinance citations, trapping, rabies quarantines and zoonosis control. Enforces the county stray dog and cat ordinance in unincorporated Bell County and impounds strays.
• Copperas Cove Animal Control and Shelter
  2441 FM 1113, Copperas Cove, TX 76522 · (254) 547-5584
  City animal control and shelter. Handles stray, lost, wounded, vicious, sick and abandoned animals, runs reclaim, adoption and quarantine programs and works with rescues. The shelter hosts three low-cost shot clinics a year and lends live traps for feral cats.
• Harker Heights Pet Adoption Center
  403 Indian Trail, Harker Heights, TX 76548 · (254) 953-5472
  City of Harker Heights shelter and animal services. Adopts out dogs, cats and other animals, handles lost and found pets, runs foster and Doggy Day Out programs, and takes owner surrenders from Harker Heights residents through a waiting list.
• Killeen Animal Services
  3118 Commerce Dr, Killeen, TX 76541 · (254) 526-4455
  City animal shelter and animal control. Offers adoptions, care for sick or injured animals, bite and cruelty investigations, stray pickup, reuniting lost pets, microchipping (with a valid rabies certificate), pet retention help and owner surrenders by appointment. Adopters need not live in Killeen. The city also runs a Fort Hood stray animal facility.
• City of Temple Animal Services
  620 Mama Dog Cir, Temple, TX 76504 · (254) 298-5732
  City animal control for Temple residents: cruelty reports and welfare checks, animal bites, stray animal pickup, loose livestock or wildlife, and animal disturbances. Cat traps are available to rent with a refundable deposit; officers service traps Monday through Friday.
• Heart To Home Animal Adoption Center (City of Temple)
  620 Mama Dog Cir, Temple, TX 76504 · (254) 298-5732
  City of Temple animal shelter and adoption center, formerly the Temple Animal Shelter. Houses lost, stray and surrendered dogs and cats and adopts them out; lost pets can be redeemed here.

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 Texas 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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