Events
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- Costs: $50 per dog and $35 per cat, to be paid to the HSOW when you get your voucher (exact change or check)
- Limit of two pets per registration event toward a limit of two dogs and six cats per year
- Bring pet owner's current Medicaid card or a copy of last year's tax return showing household income of $25,000/year or less.
- Pet owners must be 18 years of age or older.
- Bring valid ID showing Wilkes County residence
- For new Wilkes Veterinary Hospital clients, bring the form from the wellness exam that shows your surgery appointment
Wilkes Veterinary Hospital (336)667-1109 will accept vouchers from current and new clients; please be sure to tell them you plan to use a SNAP voucher when you make your appointment. New clients at Wilkes Veterinary Hospital must make an appointment for a pre-surgery wellness visit, during which they will make the spay/neuter appointment for your pet (approx. $60). Bring the form from the wellness visit when you come to get a voucher.
Riverview Animal Hospital (336)667-2463 will accept vouchers as a coupon covering most but not all of the cost of the surgery. Please tell them you plan to use a SNAP voucher when you make your appointment. No wellness visit is required, but pets without a rabies vaccination will be given one at the time of surgery at an additional charge.
->Animal Hospital of Wilkes and Animal Ark of Elkin do not accept SNAP vouchers.
Vouchers are valid for 45 business days.
GPS Directions: 206 S. Bridge Street, Wilkesboro, NC 28697
You can read more about SNAP on the Spay/Neuter page.
SNAP registrations are usually held on the first Friday of each month, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., if spay/neuter appointments are available.
Best Friends National Adoption Weekend, Sept. 15-17Find more information about our adoption program and see currently available foster dogs and foster cats under the Adopt tab on this website.
The Humane Society of Wilkes will have a booth at the Brushy Mountain Apple Festival on Saturday, Oct. 7, 8 - 5, weather permitting.
We'll be in a different location, this year, though! Look for us in the Yadkin Valley Marketplace (842 CBD Loop, the Farmers' Market area).
We'll have special HSOW-Apple Festival t-shirts, as well as all our regular merchandise.
If the weather is suitable, we may have some of our foster dogs.
Join us to support our application for a Special Use Permit
to use the building at 103 Call St. Ext., Wilkesboro, as our new shelter!
No speakers needed; we'd just like some of our supporters to be there.
