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Get free vet care for a pet if you are homeless

Pets of people experiencing homelessness get free basic veterinary care at Pro-Bone-O clinics at the Eugene Mission, held twice a month.

Steps

4 steps
  1. Check the next clinic dateClinics are on the second and fourth Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The page lists the dates through December.
  2. Go to the Eugene Mission warehouseIt is across the street from the main Eugene Mission offices. Walk-ups line up outside the fence on the west side of the gate.
  3. Line up and wait to be let inPatients are seen first come, first served. A volunteer lets people in one by one.
  4. Sign the consent and homelessness formsThese are signed at every clinic. Basic care only: no x-rays, lab work or surgery.

Bring

  • Up to two pets
  • Homelessness form (signed at clinic)
Last patients are admitted at 12 p.m. In an emergency, go to an urgent or emergency vet.

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