Find resources for your pet
If you’ve found your way here, you already know what it means to love a pet like family. We also know that caring for them isn’t always easy—or affordable. That’s why we’ve gathered local resources to help with food, supplies, vet care, and crisis situations. Just use the drop-down menu below to find support near your community’s pet blessing box.
1. Ahimsa House
Ahimsa House services are available anywhere in Georgia, and all services are completely free of charge.
Their direct services include:
A 24-hour statewide crisis line - 404-452-6248 which will connect you with emergency shelter for animals of any kind while their owners reach safety from domestic violence
Veterinary care for pets with injuries and other health conditions due to the abuse, as well as preventive veterinary care and spay/neuter Forensic veterinary examinations to document abuse and assist in prosecuting abusers
Assistance in transporting pets to accompany their owners to safety (both within GA and across the country)
Pet food, pet supplies, payment of pet deposits in transitional housing, and other assistance victims may need Crates and other pet supplies for domestic violence shelters, including shelters that have their own on-site housing for pets
Assistance in including pets in safety planning
Legal advocacy to assist victims in listing their pets on temporary protective orders.
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2. Atlanta Humane Society
1551 Perry Blvd NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
The Atlanta Humane Society's Pets in Crisis Support Program supports pet owners who are experiencing the crisis of housing loss, domestic violence, or a health emergency. Pets live with a foster for up to 90 days while their owners get back on their feet and receive the food, supplies, and vet care that they need during this time at no cost to you. If youโre facing housing instability, domestic violence, or a health emergency, please request help by filling out this form. Domestic violence survivors may also contact Ahimsa House for help.
Atlanta Humane also offers affordable veterinary care, spay and neuter, and vaccinations. To find out more, please go here.
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3. Frankie's Friends (a nationwide organization)
https://www.frankiesfriends.org
Frankie's Friends provides financial assistance grants to family owned pets in need of lifesaving emergency or specialty veterinary care whose caregivers cannot afford the full cost of treatment. Their programs are designed to help with the treatment of emergency and specialty medical conditions where the pet would otherwise suffer, be euthanized, or relinquished without proper veterinary care.
You may apply for assistance here.
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4. Lifeline Animal Project
3180 Presidential Drive
Atlanta, GA 30340
(404) 292-8800
https://lifelineanimal.org/our-services
Based in Atlanta, LifeLine Animal Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission of ending the shelter euthanasia of healthy and treatable animals. They are the largest animal welfare organization in Georgia. LifeLine manages the Fulton and DeKalb County Animal shelters, as well as provides enforcement services for Fulton County.
LifeLine strives to keep pets safe and with the people who love them. They provide affordable veterinary care, low-cost spay and neuter, free vaccinations, and pet support programs for people with little-to-no access to pet services. As well, Lifeline holds a Pet Food Bank the fourth Friday of the month, from 12pm to 2pm, at 3280 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Chamblee, GA 30341.
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5. PAWS Atlanta
5287 Covington Highway
Decatur, GA 30035
770-593-1155
PAWS Atlanta believes that people and pets bring out the best in each other. Their mission is to build a community of caring, by people helping pets and pets helping people. To accomplish this vision, in addition to adoption and foster programs, they offer the following services (please click on the links):
A pet food bank for loving owners going through hard times (open 10:00am - 5:00pm, 7 days per week)