Additional Resources

    • Olympia Veterinary Specialists (360) 339-3596

    • Blue Pearl (Lakewood) is a pet ER in Thurston County. (Lakewood) (253) 474-0791

    • Olympia Pet Emergency is a pet ER in Thurston County. (360) 455-5155

    • Puget Sound Veterinary Specialty (Gig Harbor) (253) 400-5052

    • Summit Veterinary Referral (Tacoma) (253) 983-1114

    • Capital Pet Urgent Care is a pet urgent care in Thurston County. They are open 7 days a week.

    • Pinehurst Vet Clinic offers urgent care services in Thurston County. They are open Monday through Friday.

    • Paros Veterinary Services in Centralia offers urgent care services. You can book an online appointment for $125.

    • Joint Animal Services provides compassionate low-cost euthanasia care. Fees are listed here.

  • Shelton:

    • Haigh Veterinary Hospital 360-426-1840

    • Steamboat Animal Hospital 360-866-9101

    ​Montesano:

    • Brady Veterinary Hospital 360-249-3700

    Port Orchard:

    • Willow Tree Veterinary Clinic 360-443-7749

    Belfair:

    • Belltown Animal Hospital 360-277-3800

    Gig Harbor:

    • Gig Harbor Veterinary Hospital 253-858-9111

    • Evergreen Veterinary Hospital 253-851-9195

    • Uptown Animal Hospital & 24 hour Emergency Care 253-851-7387

    Silverdale:

    • VCA Central Kitsap 360-692-6162

    • Ridgetop Animal Hospital 360-692-7387

    • Humane Society of Mason County 360-275-9310

    • Feline Friends 360-866-0599​

    • Animal Services Olympia 360-352-2510

    • Kitsap Humane Society (360) 692-6977

    • Tacoma Humane Society (253) 383-2733

    • SNAP Application: The SNAP program is limited to people with dogs and cats who are financially unable to pay for spay or neuter. SNAP may request documentation of your financial status. Download the SNAP application and then call Animal Services at (360) 352-2510 to check on voucher availability. If a voucher is available, they will schedule an appointment for you to come to the Shelter to pick up your voucher. There is a $30 copay for cats.

    • Concern For Animals: Concern For Animals provides financial assistance for spay/neuter for cat and dogs, contact them at 360-456-8176 to find out more.

    • Purrfect Pals Free Spay/Neuter Vouchers: Purrfect Pals issues a limited number of vouchers monthly, based on funds available, for free public spay/neuter for cats and kittens which can be redeemed at participating low-cost spay/neuter clinics.

    • Feisty Felines: Feisty Felines is a local rescue group that provides transport for kitties to other clinics for low cost spay/neuter services. The vouchers from Animal Services apply in some cases.

    • Red Rose Animal Rescue: Red Rose Animal Rescue is a local rescue group that provides "community cat runs" for low cost spay/neuter services.

    • Humane Society of Mason County: Humane Society of Mason County in Belfair offers low cost spay/neuter for cats and dogs and other basic services.

    • Four Paws Veterinary Service: Four Paws is a clinic in Lewis County that focuses in spay/neuter and vaccinations for cats and dogs.

    • Pasado's Safe Haven: Pasado's has a variety of mobile spay stations that provide low cost spay/neuter services for cats and dogs.

    • Northwest Spay & Neuter: NW Spay & Neuter is a Tacoma area low-cost program that provides spay/neuter services for cats and dogs.

    • Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project: A bit of a drive, they have offices in Renton and Lynwood, but Feral Cat is an awesome low-cost clinic that provides spay/neuter surgery and vaccinations for cats.

    • Red Rose Animal Rescue focuses on both cats and dogs. They do trap/neuter/return work with feral and free roaming cats. They take in neonate kittens (tiny babies, bottle babies). They also take in and adopt out dogs.

    • Passionate Pussycats works with, well, cats! They do trap/neuter/return work and also foster and adopt out cats.

    • Joint Animal Services is our local municipal Animal Control entity. They take in animals of all kinds - cats, dogs, guinea pigs, rabbits, even farm animals! They foster them and adopt them out. They also address regulatory issues like animal hoarding and animal abuse.

    • Feline Friends works with cats in Thurston and Mason Counties. They rescue, provide spay/neuter services, and adopt out kittens and cats.

    • Onalaska Farm Sanctuary creates a safe haven for farm animals in need. They take in many different kinds of animals!

    • Whiskers Hope Cat Rescue focuses on trap/neuter/return of feral cats. They also have a foster/adopt program.

    • Oakbrook Cat Rescue is a foster-based rescue group located in Lakewood, but with many foster homes in the South Sound as well. They have a large foster/adopt program.

    • Seattle Humane is a large organization in Bellevue and offers a variety of services, including pet rehoming.

    • Other Ideas for Rehoming

      • Rehome website - the Rehome website is a great place to post a pet you are trying to rehome.

      • Nextdoor.com - posting a pet to your local Nextdoor site is a great way to search for rehoming options.

      • Reddit - posting a pet to your local Reddit site can be a great way to find a new home.

      • Facebook - posting to your personal Facebook can be a great way to find a new home.

      • Olympia Area Cat Rescues - the Olympia Area Cat Rescues page on Facebook is a great place to post cats for rehoming.

  • Temporary Foster Programs: On occasion people ask us about resources for temporary foster care while they are in a transitional housing situation or going into treatment. Seattle Humane is the only place we know of with a temporary foster care program.

    • Seattle Humane is a large organization in Bellevue and offers a variety of services, including a temporary foster care program called SPOT.

    • Northwest Spay and Neuter has a document on their website that provides resources and ideas for fostering.

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