Vet SOS offers free services for the unhoused.
As around 30 pets and their owners gathered in the parking lot of the San Francisco SPCA veterinary hospital on a recent Monday, Kelley Lamonte was grateful.
She adopted Sophie in Humboldt County when the dog was about 6 months old, but Lamonte only became homeless a couple of years ago after a bad breakup. She now lives out of her car in the Bay Area, often parking farther down the Peninsula, where she says she feels safer. “I’m starving, I haven’t eaten breakfast,” said Eaton, whose three cats, Dark Angel, Ninja Kitty, and Sunburst arrived at the clinic nestled in a covered stroller. “I’m making sure they come first.”
Vet SOS operates these pop-up clinics twice a month. One only provides vaccines, and another provides broader services by appointment only. The SFCCC, which runs Vet SOS, was founded in 1983 to provide health care and related needs to people who are low-income, uninsured, or publicly insured. “Rather than waiting until things become a problem and having a really expensive situation on their hands, people come for wellness exams as well,” she added.
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