Help Numbers

Who to call for help

Your dog is in trouble, you found an animal on the street, or someone is abusing one. Here are the numbers by country — official, verified, with opening hours. Tap a number to call.

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1My dog is in troublenot breathing · hit by car · bleeding · heat
2I found an animalinjured or abandoned, on the street
3Someone is abusing an animalreport to police or state agency
4I cannot afford carehelp paying for treatment
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🇦🇷Argentina
1My dog is in trouble
0800-333-0160Centro Nacional de Intoxicacionesfree 24/7
(02293) 422357SNITV — veterinary toxicologyMon–Fri 8am–6pm
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
Officialargentina.gob.artoxicologia.org.ar
🇦🇺Australia
1My dog is in trouble
1300 869 738Animal Poisons Helpline24/7
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
Officialanimalpoisons.com.au
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🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina
1My dog is in trouble
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
3Someone is abusing an animal
122Policefree
124Ambulance123 — fire
Reports go to the public prosecutor or police, plus the veterinary inspectorate.
Careful: police in Bosnia is not 192 like in Serbia and Croatia. And the European 112 does not work in Bosnia — you need the exact service number.
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🇨🇦Canada
1My dog is in trouble
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
3Someone is abusing an animal
No national number — each province has its own SPCA. Still researching province by province.
🇨🇱Chile
1My dog is in trouble
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
Officialdenunciaseguro.cl
3Someone is abusing an animal
*4242Denuncia Seguroanonymous
133Carabineros (police)free
Officialdenunciaseguro.cl
🇨🇴Colombia
1My dog is in trouble
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
3Someone is abusing an animal
122Fiscalía — from mobilefree
01 8000 919748Fiscalía — national linefree
🇨🇷Costa Rica
1My dog is in trouble
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
Officialsenasa.go.cr
3Someone is abusing an animal
2587-1600SENASA — national animal health servicestate agency
800-8000-645OIJ — confidential lineanonymous
Officialsenasa.go.cr
🇭🇷Croatia
1My dog is in trouble
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
Officialdirh.gov.hrprijatelji-zivotinja.hr
3Someone is abusing an animal
192Police — immediate danger, physical abusefree
112European emergency numberactive since 2005
Anonymous reports are not accepted. You can ask that the reported person not learn your name, but you must identify yourself to the authorities.
Officialdirh.gov.hrprijatelji-zivotinja.hr
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🇩🇴Dominican Republic✓ complete
1My dog is in trouble
809-383-3234VetMetro — emergency24/7 main line 809-472-4848
809-788-0361Vet Mart24/7
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
2I found an animal
922Línea Emergencia para AnimalesEcoportal + organisations
911Sistema Nacional de Emergenciasfree
3Someone is abusing an animal
809-480-9348Animal Protection Unit (Attorney General)state agency
The state has a dedicated animal protection unit. That is a clearer system than the US, which has no national number.
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🇩🇪Germany
1My dog is in trouble
030 19240Giftnotruf Berlin24/7
089 19240Giftnotruf Munich24/7
0228 19240Giftnotruf Bonn24/7
These centres are primarily for humans. Animals are advised only when they get to it. For a dog, call your vet first.
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
Officialbvl.bund.de
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🇮🇪Ireland
1My dog is in trouble
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
Officialispca.ie
2I found an animal
0818 515 515ISPCA helplinefrom Ireland
+353 43 33 25035ISPCAfrom abroad
Officialispca.ie
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🇲🇽Mexico
1My dog is in trouble
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
3Someone is abusing an animal
01800-776-3372PROFEPA — federal agencystate agency
5208 9898Brigada de Vigilancia Animal, CDMXstate agency
5265-0780PAOT, CDMXMon–Thu 9–18 · Fri 9–15
911Emergency — police may intervenefree
Mexico has a police unit dedicated to animals (Brigada de Vigilancia Animal) — no other country on this list has one.
🇲🇪Montenegro
1My dog is in trouble
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
3Someone is abusing an animal
122Policefree
112European emergency numberactive since 2015
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🇳🇿New Zealand
1My dog is in trouble
0800 869 738Animal Poisons Helpline NZ24/7
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
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🇵🇪Peru
1My dog is in trouble
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
Officialmpfn.gob.pe
3Someone is abusing an animal
0800-00-205Ministerio Públicofree
Police are legally required to accept the report. PNP stations cannot turn you away.
Officialmpfn.gob.pe
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🇷🇸Serbia✓ complete
1My dog is in trouble
063 549-161Veterina Beograd — night dutyweekdays 8pm–7am
Sat from 2pm · Sun from noon
062 80 90 334Veterina Beograd — on dutyweekdays 7am–3pm
062 80 90 333Veterina Beograd — Bul. kralja Aleksandra 602weekdays 8–20 · weekend 8–16
063 34 22 35VET Klinika Sveti Vrači24/7
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
Officialveterinabeograd.rsorca.rs
2I found an animal
062 80 90 340Veterina Beograd — emergencyfree
011 329-3099Municipal animal serviceweekdays 7–20 · Sat 7–14
Sun 7–12
065 8901 189Oaza Avala shelter
3Someone is abusing an animal
192Policefree 24/7
This is a criminal offence, not a misdemeanour. Killing and abusing animals falls under Article 269 of the Criminal Code and is prosecuted ex officio — the police are obliged to act on your report.
🇸🇮Slovenia
1My dog is in trouble
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
3Someone is abusing an animal
113Police — when the animal's life is at riskanonymous
Reports can be anonymous — and the inspectorate is obliged to investigate every one.
Police in Slovenia is 113 — not 192 or 122.
🇿🇦South Africa
1My dog is in trouble
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
Officialnspca.co.za
3Someone is abusing an animal
+27 11 907 3590NSPCA — national council[email protected]
For an emergency call your local SPCA, do not email — email is not read immediately.
Officialnspca.co.za
🇪🇸Spain
1My dog is in trouble
91 562 04 20Instituto Nacional de Toxicología24/7 365 days
A state service that also takes veterinary calls — 2.5% of all calls in 2022 were about animals.
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
Officialmjusticia.gob.es
3Someone is abusing an animal
SEPRONA (Guardia Civil) — number still being verified.
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🇬🇧United Kingdom
1My dog is in trouble
01202 509 000Animal PoisonLine — poisoning only 24/7 £35–45
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
Officialanimalpoisonline.co.ukrspca.org.uk
3Someone is abusing an animal
0300 1234 999RSPCA — England and Wales
Does not accept withheld numbers. Unhide your number before calling. Scotland has its own service — SSPCA.
🇺🇸United States✓ complete
1My dog is in trouble
(888) 426-4435ASPCA Poison Control — poisoning only 24/7
855-764-7661Pet Poison Helpline — poisoning only 24/7 $89
877-416-7319Same service for the Caribbeanfree
That $89 is not for first advice — it is the toxicology protocol your vet uses for treatment. You do not need it to get moving.
📍Find an emergency vet near youOpens a map at your location — works in any city
Officialaspca.orgpetpoisonhelpline.com
2I found an animal
(800) 452-0114Humane Society
311Local services — in cities that have it
911If the animal cannot be moved
3Someone is abusing an animal
911If it is happening right now
311New York CityNYC only
There is no single national number. Outside NYC it goes through local police, animal control or SPCA — it varies by state.
4I cannot afford care
Bow Wow Buddies Foundation — grants up to $2,500
Frankie's Friends — grants for lifesaving emergency care
RedRover Relief — aid directory by state
Pet Help Finder — low-cost clinics and food banks

What is here, and what is not yet

Every number is verified on an official source — the institution's or government's own site. Where it says "still researching", it is deliberately empty. Better no number than someone in a panic calling one that does not answer.

For "my dog is in trouble" almost no country has a dedicated number — everywhere the answer is an emergency clinic or your own vet. That is why the red "find a vet near you" button is on every country: it works anywhere and never goes stale.