Pet Help in the Salt Lake City Area
In Salt Lake City 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
- MedVet Salt Lake City 24 hours
331 W. Bearcat Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84115 · 385.341.4444
24-hour emergency, critical care and specialty animal hospital, including dialysis, oncology, neurology, surgery and urgent care, with a Veterinary Social Work team that supports pet families. Serves the Salt Lake City area and Weber, Davis, Morgan and Summit counties. - Sandy City Animal Services 24 hours
Sandy City · (801) 352-4450
Open-admission, no-kill municipal shelter with a 24/7 field operation: adoptions, pet licensing, shelter for lost and abandoned pets, cruelty and neglect investigations, injured or aggressive animal emergencies, nuisance wildlife abatement, humane education, and humane euthanasia for Sandy City pet owners (fee for service). - VEG ER for Pets - Sandy 24 hours
11084 S State St, Sandy, UT 84070 · (801) 783-5010
24/7 emergency veterinary hospital offering emergency and urgent care, exotic pet care, surgery, diagnostics, ultrasound and x-rays, hospitalization and end-of-life care.
Spay, neuter and vouchers
- Humane Society of Utah - Community CATNIP Program
4242 South 300 West · (801) 261-2919
Low-cost spay/neuter with rabies and feline distemper vaccines and ear-tip for free-roaming community cats (not pet cats), booked and paid online, with each cat brought in a humane trap. - Humane Society of Utah - Last Litter Program
4242 South 300 West · (801) 261-2919
For owned cats or dogs that have had a litter: HSU takes in the kittens or puppies for adoption and spays, vaccinates and returns the mother the same day; an intake fee for the litter (deposit required) with no extra charge for the mother's surgery. - Humane Society of Utah - Spay/Neuter Incentive Program (SNIP)
4242 South 300 West · (801) 261-2919
Spay/neuter surgery at Humane Society of Utah's Murray clinic. The page for its SNIP discount program has been taken down, so ask the clinic which discounts are available now. - Best Friends in Utah - Community Cat Program (Northern Utah)
2005 South 1100 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84106 · 801-432-2124 ext. 2413 or 2420
Community cat services for Utah residents: spay/neuter vouchers for counties most in need, humane trap loans, help resolving neighborhood cat issues, winter cat shelters, and a pet food pantry for qualifying residents. Runs community cat partnerships with Salt Lake County, West Valley City, West Jordan, Davis County and Weber County shelters. - Salt Lake County Animal Services - Community Cat Program & TNR
Salt Lake County · 801-840-4000
Community cat trap-neuter-return program with ear-tipping, cat deterrent help for residents, and a working cat adoption program that places shelter cats on barns, warehouses and other enclosed properties. - Salt Lake County Animal Services - P.A.W.S. Free Mobile Spay/Neuter Clinic
Salt Lake County residents
Free spay and neuter services for owned pets of Salt Lake County residents through a mobile clinic that visits every city in the county. Each procedure includes vaccinations, nail trimming and microchipping. Vaccine-only appointments are also offered. - West Valley City/Taylorsville Animal Services - Community Cat TNR Program
4522 West 3500 South, West Valley City, UT 84120 · 801-965-5812
Trap/Neuter/Return program for community cats in West Valley City and Taylorsville that reduces breeding and addresses resident concerns, with live-capture trapping guidelines. Trapped cats are brought to the shelter during business hours.
Low-cost clinics and vaccines
- Humane Society of Utah - Murray and St. George Clinics
4242 South 300 West · (801) 261-2919
Low-cost walk-in vaccines, microchips and heartworm testing, plus wellness exams and spay/neuter by appointment for dogs, cats and rabbits; the Pet Retention Program can also help with food, supplies and medical concerns. - Ruff Haven - Urgent Care Program
Salt Lake City · (801) 251-6765
One-time urgent care (exams, basic tests, treatment of minor injuries, infections, stomach or urinary problems, euthanasia) by volunteer vets for people in crisis such as homelessness, domestic violence or hospitalization; needs a referral from a case manager or partner agency.
Pet food
- Best Friends Animal Society - Salt Lake City Pet Food Pickup
2005 S 1100 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84106 · 801-574-2454
Donated pet food pickup for the general public at the Best Friends Pet Adoption Center, plus a downloadable list of Salt Lake City area organizations that offer pet food help. - Ruff Haven - Pet Pantry
Salt Lake City · (801) 613-2198
Free pet food after a short intake with staff, picked up by appointment at Ruff Haven's Salt Lake City facility; community cat colonies not served.
Keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss
- Humane Society of Utah (Murray)
4242 South 300 West, Murray, UT 84107 · (801) 261-2919
Nonprofit animal shelter and adoption center in Murray. - Humane Society of Utah - End-of-Life Euthanasia
4242 South 300 West · (801) 261-2919
Urgent and low-income discounted humane euthanasia through HSU's Admissions Department for owners without access to other vet care (owners cannot be present); communal cremation is included and private cremation is available; HSU will not euthanize healthy or treatable pets and may help instead. - Best Friends Animal Society - Salt Lake City Pet Adoption Center
2005 S 1100 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84106 · 801-574-2454
Foster-based pet adoption center and lifesaving center that takes in over 2,500 animals a year, including neonatal kittens, and leads No-Kill Utah. Offers adoptions, fostering, community cat services and resources to help people keep pets at home. - Salt Lake County Animal Services
511 West 3900 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84123 · 385-468-7387
County animal shelter offering adoptions, pet licensing, lost and found, walk-in microchipping, a free mobile spay/neuter clinic, a community cat program, a pet retention program, and Seniors for Seniors and Pets for Patriots adoption programs. Vaccines are not currently offered for owned pets. - West Jordan Animal Shelter
5982 West, New Bingham Hwy., West Jordan, UT 84084 · 801-282-3951
City-owned and operated shelter caring for lost, abandoned and stray animals, with adoptions, pet licensing, lost animal reports, a community cat program and an urban wildlife assistance program. - West Valley City Animal Services
4522 West 3500 South, West Valley City, UT 84120 · 801-965-5800
No-kill city animal shelter serving West Valley City and Taylorsville: adoptions, return-to-owner, stray intake, licensing, lost and found, fostering, a community cat program and pet retention and rehoming 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 Utah 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.