In addition to the food donations, the SUST veterinary consultation hours of the social work for animals take place regularly at the following locations:
Biel-Bienne, Schaffhausen, Kollbrunn, Chur, Wil SG and Olten.
The service is aimed at pet owners affected by poverty and their animals:
- Welfare recipients and/or people with addiction or mental health problems
- Adults who usually live in public spaces and who are not reached by other social services or only to a limited extent (homeless people)
- People or families with a low income and people affected by old age poverty
- Animal owners receiving IV / EL or other benefits
The conditions for participation in the consultation hours are a maximum monthly income of CHF 2,500 for an individual or CHF 4,000 for a family. This will be checked by means of confirmation of social assistance or the last tax statement.
Please send registrations by e-mail to sozialarbeittiere@susyutzinger.ch.
The following information is required for registration
- name of pet owner
- full residential address
- confirmation of social assistance, last tax statement or bank statements for the last three months (scanned or photographed - please make sure they are legible)
- telephone number and e-mail address
- purchase contract of the animal and other available documents (scanned or photographed - please legible)
- animal name
- type of animal (dog, cat, guinea pig, etc.)
- breed (for dogs)
- sex of the animal
- age
- reason for appointment: Why would you like to present your pet to the SUST vet?
- Is the animal neutered?
- number and type of animals in the household at the time of registration
Costs
Keeping a pet also involves financial responsibility. For this reason, we charge a fee for treatment at SUST veterinary consultations. However, these are heavily discounted. The costs are as follows:
- Vaccination cat / dog diseases 35 francs (basic immunization 2x 35 francs)
- Rabies vaccination 60 francs (basic immunization 2x 60 francs)
- Castration of female cat 65 francs
- Neutering male cat 45 francs
- Castration male dog - depending on size and breed
- Spaying female dog - depending on size and breed
- Chip and registration cat 25 francs
- Dispensed medication: cost price
- Antiparasitics: Cost price
- Further treatments: depending on costs
❗️❗️❗️ The SUST does not provide support for: ❗️❗️❗️
1. the payment of veterinary treatments / operations / bills outside of SOFT consultation hours
2. physiotherapy, cancer therapies or operations, artificial joints, surgical interventions due to accidents, cures, etc.
3. boarding costs
4. costs for microchip registration
5. animal insurance policies
6. dog taxes, dog grooming or dog school outside of SOFT consultation hours
7. construction or protective measures (e.g. installation of cat flap, cat safety net, etc.)
8. euthanasia and/or cremation of a pet
9. interventions to alleviate breed-related cruel characteristics
10. permanent therapies
11. emergency visits to the clinics/practices of the SUST partner veterinarians
The support applies ONLY to the animals specified on the application. The number of animals cannot be increased spontaneously.
Please visit the german version of this website to find the actual dates and locations of the Consultations
Registration via sozialarbeittiere@susyutzinger.ch
