APLNJ's Veterinary Bill Assistance Program
Are You In Need Of Assistance?
If you are seeking financial assistance for your animal's veterinary needs, please download our application here.
If you choose, you may contact us via email, or call 732-446-6808.
We also have lists of other organization you should reach out to, as most people facing a high bill will need to get funding from a number of sources. Click here and here.
These veterinary practices offer a Free Initial Visit
Please note, APLNJ is not making an endorsement of any of these practices. We offer this as an information service.
Banfield Animal Hospitals (type in your zip code)
VCA Hospitals
True Care Veterinary Hospital
Tips To Do Your Own Fundraising
- Set up an "Event" on ChipIn.
- Post a "Wish" at Hero Foundation.
- Have a garage sale or sell all that stuff you no longer need at EBay or Craig's List (Craig's List is easy and free)
- Ask your veterinarian if they maintain a fund through which they help clients in need of financial assistance for their animal's medical care.
- Borrow money from friends or relatives
- If it is not an emergency, try Bartering services or goods. Read about bartering, check out several of the bartering organizations and do your homework first. A few links are provided to get you started:
Web Barterers' Tricks of the Trade - Wall Street Journal
Save Money by Bartering: Understanding the Bartering System and How it Works
Barter Quest
Improving the quality of life for animal companions
APLNJ is proud to be able to offer our assistance. However, as you might imagine, the needs far outweigh the means.
We ask that you make a generous tax-deductible contribution to this program. Every dollar donated will be used exclusively for the veterinary care of animals in need - no administrative or overhead expenses. Literally, your donation will be saving lives.
To make a donation by mail, simply send a check, payable to APLNJ, to APLNJ, PO Box 174, Englishtown, NJ 07726. Be sure to mark VBAP in the check's memo.
To make a contribution via PayPal, click on the donate button below.
Imagine watching your four-legged family member needlessly suffer because the veterinary care for her was simply beyond your family's means.
Or, losing your trusted friend because he was just diagnosed with diabetes and your social security check covers only basic needs for the both of you.
Or even being forced to give up or euthanize your beloved companion when facing an emergency surgery that you simply don't have the money to cover.
Sadly, these are the situations people find themselves in everyday, especially in these tough times—facing decisions to give up their animal or worse, end their animal's life, because of a lack of money.
In 1990, Animal Protection League of NJ created the Veterinary Bill Assistance Program to help give animals the medical care they need and deserve and help keep them with their human family. Since then, APLNJ has helped animals such as Zack the horse who needed to have his eye removed because of extreme neglect, Sassy the dog with a heart condition, Greta the cat with her diabetes and hundreds more.
APLNJ is proud to be able to offer our assistance. However, as you might imagine, the needs far outweigh the means.
We ask that you make a generous tax-deductible contribution to this program. Every dollar donated will be used exclusively for the veterinary care of animals in need - no administrative or overhead expenses. Literally, your donation will be saving lives.
To make a donation by mail, simply send a check, payable to APLNJ, to APLNJ, PO Box 174, Englishtown, NJ 07726. Be sure to mark VBAP in the check's memo.
To make a contribution via PayPal, click on the donate button below.
We'd like you to meet just four of the faces of our Veterinary Bill Assistance Program
Meet Auto. We were contacted by Auto’s dad who told us that his poor Auto was in so much pain, but he couldn't get a veterinarian to accept payments for the knee surgery he badly needed. APLNJ intervened, set him up with one of the veterinarians we work with and helped get Auto back to his fun-loving goofy self!
Meet Focus. Finding warmth wherever she could, Focus, a neighborhood stray, was sleeping under a car hood when the car was started. Miraculously she survived, but a pin and plate were needed to repair her hip and leg. Again, APLNJ was there!
Meet Morris. This 18-year-old man had a simple bladder infection. However, being on social security and caring for two other rescued cats, the routine office visit, urinalysis and medication were stretching the limits of his Mom’s monthly check. APLNJ stepped in and got Morris the care he needed!
Meet Sam. Tragically, Sam was hit by a car. He spent days in intensive care and a week in the hospital. Sam eventually pulled through, but one leg could not be saved. His family spent thousands of dollars to save his life, taking out Care Credit and seeking assistance from numerous organizations. APLNJ was one of them. Thanks in part to our help, Sam is alive today and happy, running around on three legs!