Pet Help in the Richmond Area
In Richmond 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.
Want what’s closest to you? Search by ZIP code or your location. Nearby: Hampton Roads. Northern Virginia. Roanoke.
Spay, neuter and vouchers
- Richmond SPCA - Smoky's Spay & Neuter Clinic
7088 Mechanicsville Turnpike · (804) 368-6232
Richmond SPCA's spay/neuter clinic in Mechanicsville, which also serves community cats; call for prices and eligibility. - Kara & Eden Project Free Spay/Neuter (Richmond Animal Care & Control)
1600 Chamberlayne Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222 · (804) 646-5574
Free spay/neuter surgeries for dogs and cats owned by City of Richmond residents, arranged through Richmond Animal Care & Control. - Richmond Animal League - Community Cat TNR
801 Branchway Road, Richmond, VA 23236
Free spay/neuter surgery and the required rabies vaccine for community (feral) cats brought in by people doing trap-neuter-vaccinate-return. Cats are ear-tipped and must be returned to where they were trapped. - Richmond Animal League - Loving Spay+Neuter Clinic
801 Branchway Road, Richmond, VA 23236 · (804) 379-9725
High-volume, affordable spay/neuter clinic serving shelters and rescues, people doing TNR, and a limited number of private pet owners each month. Services are free for pet owners who meet low-income requirements, and a grant-funded financial assistance program covers surgery and a rabies vaccine. Extra vaccines, testing, microchips and flea/tick medication can be added on the day of surgery.
Low-cost clinics and vaccines
- Richmond SPCA - Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital
2519 Hermitage Road · (804) 521-1330
Nonprofit hospital giving reduced-cost outpatient care, wellness and spay/neuter for dogs and cats, prioritized for guardians who need it most; new patients must income-qualify and are taken as capacity allows. Not an emergency clinic.
Veterinary hospitals and clinics
- Richmond SPCA - Crisis Boarding
Richmond, Virginia · 804-521-1306
Foster-based crisis boarding for pets of people who are hospitalized, face a medical emergency or housing displacement, or are domestic violence survivors seeking safety. Food, water and veterinary care are included, and unsterilized pets are spayed or neutered.
Pet food
- Richmond Animal League - Pet Pantry
11401 International Drive, Richmond, VA 23236 · (804) 372-5226
Donated pet food available for pickup at the Richmond Animal League shelter; availability depends on donations. - Richmond SPCA - Pet Pantry
2519 Hermitage Road · (804) 521-1300
Free donated cat and dog food and supplies, available whenever the humane center is open, from a shed at 2519 Hermitage Road; the site also maps other community pet pantries.
Keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss
- Chesterfield County Animal Services
9300 Public Works Road, Chesterfield, VA 23832 · (804) 748-1683
County animal shelter and animal control with adoptions (including special adoption programs), lost, found and impounded pet help, rehoming help, dog and kennel licenses and animal welfare law enforcement. - Henrico Police Animal Protection Unit & Shelter
10421 Woodman Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060 · (804) 727-8807
County animal shelter and animal protection police for Henrico County, housing dogs, cats and other companion animals such as rabbits, birds and livestock. Services include adoptions, lost and stray pet reports, reclaiming lost pets, owner surrenders and wildlife calls. - Richmond Animal Care & Control
1600 Chamberlayne Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222 · (804) 646-5573
The City of Richmond's only open-admission public animal shelter, caring for stray, sick, injured and relinquished pets, with adoptions, fostering, rehoming resources and animal control (cruelty and neglect investigations, stray impoundment, bite cases, pet licenses). - Richmond Animal League
11401 International Drive, Richmond, VA 23236 · (804) 379-0046
Nonprofit shelter promoting cat and dog adoption, with fostering, rehoming help, lost and found pet help, found-kitten guidance and a behavior resource library.
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 Virginia 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.