Social work for animals SOFT

The SUST veterinary consultations for animal social work take place regularly at the following locations:
Biel, Schaffhausen, Kollbrunn, Chur and Olten.

The offer is aimed at Animal owners affected by poverty and their animals:

• Social welfare recipients and/or people with consumer competence or mental health problems
• Adults whose lives are mostly centered in public spaces and who are not reached, or only partially reached, by other social services (homeless people)
• People or families with low incomes and those affected by poverty in old age
• Animal owners receiving IV/EL or other support

The prerequisite for participation in the consultation hours is a maximum monthly income of CHF 2,500/ individual or CHF 4,000/ family.

Please send your registration by email to sozialarbeittiere@susyutzinger.ch.

Required information The following are required for registration:

• Name of pet owner
• Full residential address
• Phone number and email address
• Social assistance confirmation, latest tax statement, pension certificate, IV and EL decision (scanned or photographed – please be clearly legible)
• Purchase contract for the animal, vaccination certificate and other available documents (scanned or photographed – please be clearly legible)
• Animal name
• Animal species (dog, cat, guinea pig, etc.)
• Breed (in dogs)
• Gender
• Age
• Reason for appointment: Why do you want to take your pet to the SUST veterinarian?
• Is the animal neutered?
• Number and type of animals in the household at the time of registration

Costs
Owning a pet also comes with financial responsibility. For this reason, we charge fees for treatments at SUST veterinary clinics. However, these fees are significantly reduced. The costs are as follows:

• Vaccination against cat/dog diseases: 35 francs (basic immunization 2 x 35 francs)
• Rabies vaccination 60 francs (basic immunization 2x 60 francs)
• Spaying a female cat: 65 francs
• Castration of male cat: 45 francs
• Castration of male dogs – depends on size and breed
• Spaying a female dog – depending on size and breed
• Chip and registration for cat: 25 francs
• Dispensed medications: Cost price
• Antiparasitic drugs: cost price
• Further treatments: cost-dependent

❗️❗️❗️ The SUST supports not at: ❗️❗️❗️

1. Payment for veterinary treatments / operations / invoices outside of SOFT consultation hours
2. Physiotherapy, cancer therapies or operations, artificial joints, surgical procedures due to accidents, rehabilitation treatments, etc.
3. Pension costs
4. Costs for microchip registrations outside of SOFT consultation hours
5. Dog taxes, dog groomer or dog school
6. Pet insurance
7. Structural or protective measures (e.g. installation of a cat flap, cat safety net, etc.)
8. Euthanasia and/or cremation of a pet
9. Interventions to alleviate breed-related cruel traits
10. Long-term therapies
11. Emergency visits to the clinics/practices of partner veterinarians