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Free & Low-Cost Spay-Neuter Resources for Pet Cats
[1] Zimmer Feline Foundation 505-466-1676
PET CATS--Zimmer Feline Foundation is the #1 provider of FREE spay/neuter for Taos area cats!
Zimmer Feline Foundation 505-466-1676 provides veterinary support for pet cats living in low‐income homes (under $50K/year) — by providing vouchers for free and local spay/neuter & vaccine(s) eligible at many participating veterinary clinics and — in the event of a treatable medical emergency — with acute care assistance. Vouchers are limited to 2 per 12 months. Because this is a "pet cat" program, Zimmer can provide assistance only where the number of cats in the home (fixed or not) is limited to 4 or less. Qualifications are listed on the Zimmer Feline Foundation website.
In Taos, surgery is performed at the Salazar Road Veterinary Clinic (cats ~5 months and older) after you have arranged for assistance with the Zimmer Foundation. You may also use your Zimmer voucher for a FREE pet cat spay/neuter at many participating vets including the Angel Fire Small Animal Hospital, Arroyo Seco Animal Hospital, Express Vet (in ABQ, but very quick to get an appt), and the Santa Fe Animal Shelter's satellite spay/neuter clinic which can give your cat a quicker appointment date than Salazar Rd Vet. NOTE: Santa Fe Humane clinic can safely spay/neuter kittens 8 weeks and older. Please call 505-466-1676 or visit the Zimmer Foundation website for program details. Service area includes Taos, Colfax, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and other counties. By helping these cats keep their original homes, the number of orphaned cats and kittens that are given to shelters or abandoned outdoors to form or join feral cat colonies is reduced. Zimmer Feline Foundation is an IRS 501(c)(3) private operating foundation, operating in New Mexico since 2010.
[2] Taos Feral Feline Friends 575-758-3519
TFFF helps people adopt strays and friendly outdoor cats directly into their homes via their "Pays To Help Strays" adoption service. Through Pays To Help Strays, TFFF covers the full costs of spay/neuter, FIV/FELV testing, and a complete set of vaccinations for anyone directly adopting a stray or "friendly feral" cat or kitten into their home. You must be a resident of Taos County or the Enchanted Circle. Appointments are at the Salazar Rd Vet in Taos.
[3] Taos County Animal Control 575-737-6488
Using Taos County taxpayer funds, Taos County Animal Control is offering $45 copay spay-neuter vouchers for cats at the Salazar Rd Vet Clinic in Taos.
First, please make your appointment at Salazar Rd Vet: 575-758-9115.
Second, call Taos County Animal Control and ask for Animal Control Officers (ACOs) Richard or Rita to call you back to help arrange for your free spay-neuter via this program. ACOs will return your call within a few days. If you do not hear back from them, please call them again until you do.
Note: Per Taos County Animal Control's offer for free spay-neuter: there's a $45 co-pay to the vet to cost share the required rabies vaccine & microchip if your cat hasn't had them.
Sorry, Animal Control does not make this program eligible for Taos or Picuris Pueblo.
Register your pet's microchip for FREE at the Found Animals Registry.
[4] Four Corners Animal League "call now for our low cost spay & neuter program 575-776-2928"
[5] Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society (SFAS&HS) call or text 505-474-6422 for appt
Spay-neuter clinic is at 2570 Camino Entrada, Santa Fe, 87507
Taos area pet cats are eligible for FREE spay/neuter-vaccines at the SFAS&HS' satellite spay/neuter clinic via a Zimmer Feline Foundation voucher. Year round, SFAS&HS, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, also offers low cost spay/neuter and vaccination services for cats and dogs. Young kittens and puppies need to be a minimum of 2 lbs for spay/neuter. Kittens are usually 2 lbs by 2 months of age. Current pricing information is on their website, but is FREE if you have a Zimmer voucher; $70 for cat spay-neuter with rabies vaccine and microchip included otherwise.
Pricing listed on their website
Taos Town/County/Pueblos eligible
For dogs between 8 weeks - 8 years old
No Voucher Necessary
Spay-Neuter on Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs
Typically drop off time is between 8am-9am and pick up time is by 2pm the same day (sometimes earlier), but please confirm the times with their staff.
Register your pet's microchip for FREE at the Found Animals Registry.
[6] Northern New Mexico Friends of Animals 575-779-5543 Questa area
Dogs & Cats
Northern New Mexico Friends of Animals (NNMFOA) is dedicated to providing compassionate and humane care for lost, abandoned, unwanted, injured animals. NNMFOA provides safety, treatment, rehabilitation, socialization, and adoption for pets and livestock. In 2021, NNMFOA received a $8,000 grant for spay-neuter using state funds.
NNMFOA is committed to animal welfare, population control, and community education programs for Northern New Mexico and surrounding areas. NNMFOA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Questa, NM. NNMFOA occasionally has mobile, low-cost spay/neuter clinics in Questa for area residents. For more information call 575-779-5543.
Register your pet's microchip for FREE at the Found Animals Registry.
[9] Stray Hearts Animal Shelter 575-758-2981
Please bring your kittens to Stray Hearts to help stop pet overpopulation in Taos! Space is limited, so you will likely be put on a wait-list.
The kittens will be vaccinated, spay/neutered, and put up for adoption.
Please get the mom cat fixed for free through the Zimmer Feline Foundation (at Salazar Rd Vet in town, age ~5 months & older).
If you choose re-home some/all of your cat's kittens: please do not give out the kittens without getting them fixed (most new cat owners don't follow through with spay-neuter before a 4-6 month old kitten makes more kittens).
Stray Hearts receives over $250,000 of taxpayer money each year to help fund the shelter, with the remaining funding coming from donations. However, at this time Stray Hearts does not offer spay-neuter for public pet cats and dogs. Animal shelters are needed because of unwanted pet cats and dogs. Solve this problem by fixing your cat or dog before having a litter. Stray Hearts Animal Shelter's 2020 990 Tax Form
Not Free or Low-Cost, but reasonable pricing and QUICKEST way to get your cat fixed ASAP:
[10] Alpine Veterinary Hospital 719-589-2615 in Alamosa, CO
As of Jan 2022: Alpine Vet Hospital can perform a cat spay-neuter ~1 week from the time one called for an appt. Subject to change, pricing is $147/female cat spay [add $30 if cat is in heat or pregnant], $75 male cat neuter, $40 covers both FVRCP & Rabies vaccines, $35/microchip if you want it.
PET CATS--Zimmer Feline Foundation is the #1 provider of FREE spay/neuter for Taos area cats!
Zimmer Feline Foundation 505-466-1676 provides veterinary support for pet cats living in low‐income homes (under $50K/year) — by providing vouchers for free and local spay/neuter & vaccine(s) eligible at many participating veterinary clinics and — in the event of a treatable medical emergency — with acute care assistance. Vouchers are limited to 2 per 12 months. Because this is a "pet cat" program, Zimmer can provide assistance only where the number of cats in the home (fixed or not) is limited to 4 or less. Qualifications are listed on the Zimmer Feline Foundation website.
In Taos, surgery is performed at the Salazar Road Veterinary Clinic (cats ~5 months and older) after you have arranged for assistance with the Zimmer Foundation. You may also use your Zimmer voucher for a FREE pet cat spay/neuter at many participating vets including the Angel Fire Small Animal Hospital, Arroyo Seco Animal Hospital, Express Vet (in ABQ, but very quick to get an appt), and the Santa Fe Animal Shelter's satellite spay/neuter clinic which can give your cat a quicker appointment date than Salazar Rd Vet. NOTE: Santa Fe Humane clinic can safely spay/neuter kittens 8 weeks and older. Please call 505-466-1676 or visit the Zimmer Foundation website for program details. Service area includes Taos, Colfax, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and other counties. By helping these cats keep their original homes, the number of orphaned cats and kittens that are given to shelters or abandoned outdoors to form or join feral cat colonies is reduced. Zimmer Feline Foundation is an IRS 501(c)(3) private operating foundation, operating in New Mexico since 2010.
[2] Taos Feral Feline Friends 575-758-3519
TFFF helps people adopt strays and friendly outdoor cats directly into their homes via their "Pays To Help Strays" adoption service. Through Pays To Help Strays, TFFF covers the full costs of spay/neuter, FIV/FELV testing, and a complete set of vaccinations for anyone directly adopting a stray or "friendly feral" cat or kitten into their home. You must be a resident of Taos County or the Enchanted Circle. Appointments are at the Salazar Rd Vet in Taos.
[3] Taos County Animal Control 575-737-6488
Using Taos County taxpayer funds, Taos County Animal Control is offering $45 copay spay-neuter vouchers for cats at the Salazar Rd Vet Clinic in Taos.
First, please make your appointment at Salazar Rd Vet: 575-758-9115.
Second, call Taos County Animal Control and ask for Animal Control Officers (ACOs) Richard or Rita to call you back to help arrange for your free spay-neuter via this program. ACOs will return your call within a few days. If you do not hear back from them, please call them again until you do.
Note: Per Taos County Animal Control's offer for free spay-neuter: there's a $45 co-pay to the vet to cost share the required rabies vaccine & microchip if your cat hasn't had them.
Sorry, Animal Control does not make this program eligible for Taos or Picuris Pueblo.
Register your pet's microchip for FREE at the Found Animals Registry.
[4] Four Corners Animal League "call now for our low cost spay & neuter program 575-776-2928"
[5] Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society (SFAS&HS) call or text 505-474-6422 for appt
Spay-neuter clinic is at 2570 Camino Entrada, Santa Fe, 87507
Taos area pet cats are eligible for FREE spay/neuter-vaccines at the SFAS&HS' satellite spay/neuter clinic via a Zimmer Feline Foundation voucher. Year round, SFAS&HS, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, also offers low cost spay/neuter and vaccination services for cats and dogs. Young kittens and puppies need to be a minimum of 2 lbs for spay/neuter. Kittens are usually 2 lbs by 2 months of age. Current pricing information is on their website, but is FREE if you have a Zimmer voucher; $70 for cat spay-neuter with rabies vaccine and microchip included otherwise.
Pricing listed on their website
Taos Town/County/Pueblos eligible
For dogs between 8 weeks - 8 years old
No Voucher Necessary
Spay-Neuter on Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs
Typically drop off time is between 8am-9am and pick up time is by 2pm the same day (sometimes earlier), but please confirm the times with their staff.
Register your pet's microchip for FREE at the Found Animals Registry.
[6] Northern New Mexico Friends of Animals 575-779-5543 Questa area
Dogs & Cats
Northern New Mexico Friends of Animals (NNMFOA) is dedicated to providing compassionate and humane care for lost, abandoned, unwanted, injured animals. NNMFOA provides safety, treatment, rehabilitation, socialization, and adoption for pets and livestock. In 2021, NNMFOA received a $8,000 grant for spay-neuter using state funds.
NNMFOA is committed to animal welfare, population control, and community education programs for Northern New Mexico and surrounding areas. NNMFOA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Questa, NM. NNMFOA occasionally has mobile, low-cost spay/neuter clinics in Questa for area residents. For more information call 575-779-5543.
Register your pet's microchip for FREE at the Found Animals Registry.
[9] Stray Hearts Animal Shelter 575-758-2981
Please bring your kittens to Stray Hearts to help stop pet overpopulation in Taos! Space is limited, so you will likely be put on a wait-list.
The kittens will be vaccinated, spay/neutered, and put up for adoption.
Please get the mom cat fixed for free through the Zimmer Feline Foundation (at Salazar Rd Vet in town, age ~5 months & older).
If you choose re-home some/all of your cat's kittens: please do not give out the kittens without getting them fixed (most new cat owners don't follow through with spay-neuter before a 4-6 month old kitten makes more kittens).
Stray Hearts receives over $250,000 of taxpayer money each year to help fund the shelter, with the remaining funding coming from donations. However, at this time Stray Hearts does not offer spay-neuter for public pet cats and dogs. Animal shelters are needed because of unwanted pet cats and dogs. Solve this problem by fixing your cat or dog before having a litter. Stray Hearts Animal Shelter's 2020 990 Tax Form
Not Free or Low-Cost, but reasonable pricing and QUICKEST way to get your cat fixed ASAP:
[10] Alpine Veterinary Hospital 719-589-2615 in Alamosa, CO
As of Jan 2022: Alpine Vet Hospital can perform a cat spay-neuter ~1 week from the time one called for an appt. Subject to change, pricing is $147/female cat spay [add $30 if cat is in heat or pregnant], $75 male cat neuter, $40 covers both FVRCP & Rabies vaccines, $35/microchip if you want it.