Reach out to charitable organizations for your pet before surrendering her.
Getting veterinary care or financial help for a sick pet or companion animal in a life or death situation is possible. Plan to help your pet before crisis strikes by contacting charitable organizations that help pets. If your animal suffers from a chronic health condition, contact disease-specific organizations for assistance. Your veterinarian may be able to offer suggestions and help through the American Animal Hospital Association's Helping Pets Fund.
Cat and Dog Cancer Fund
The Cat and Dog Cancer Fund in San Francisco, California, helps underprivileged owners obtain costly cancer treatment for their companion animals. The fund also plans to make grants to researchers focused on veterinary cancer prevention and treatments. Owners complete an application, available on the website. Owner financial information and vet disclosure of the pet's previous cancers are required.
Apply to other cancer assistance funds for your pet, including The Magic Bullet Fund. Magic Bullet's doctors have helped more than 100 dogs with cancer. The cost to treat canine cancer can range from $600 to $6,000, according to the website. Taking care of beloved pets with cancer is Magic Bullet's mission.
Cats In Crisis
Cats In Crisis in Pennsylvania helps owners in need of financial resources. The fund focuses on the needs of cats with kidney, heart or thyroid disease. The Mesa Grant helps cats with kidney disease. Funds for biopsies, medical tests, special foods, fluid therapy and surgery help provide a higher quality of life for cats with chronic kidney disease. The Stripes Grant assists owners of cats with thyroid of cardiac ailments. The grant pays for diagnostic tests and examinations, medical foods, ultrasounds, surgery and medicines. Applications for both grants are on the website.
Deaf Dog Education Action Fund
The Deaf Dog Education Action Fund in Florida helps owners and their deaf dogs. Dogs may be born deaf or become deaf later in life. The fund offers a medical fund to help owners and foster parents of deaf dogs requiring medical treatment. Transportation funds help the organization place deaf dogs with new families. General donations to the fund, or donations in memory of a deceased deaf pet, help the organization supply medical, transport and other services to deaf dogs.
Handicapped Pets Foundation
Handicapped Pets Foundation in New Hampshire donates wheelchairs to pets with injuries, illnesses or debilitating conditions relating to old age. Customized wheelchairs for dogs and cats may cost thousands of dollars. When pets need a wheelchair to recover from an illness or injury, or require a wheelchair for extended mobility, Handicapped Pets Foundation may be able to help.
Angels 4 Animals: Guardian Angels For Animals
More than 117,000 animals are given up by their owners each week, according to the Guardian Angels For Animals website. Guardian Angels helps pay for the costs of veterinary and diagnostic care required to help animals get well. Program Guardian Angel includes a network of veterinary resources to assist animals and their owners. The Lost & Found Program helps pets and their owners stay together. The costs of inserting a homing and identification microchip device are borne by the program.
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