Pet Community Center

Pet Community Center is a Veterinarian in Nashville, TN. It operates as a nonprofit veterinary clinic providing free and low-cost spay/neuter and preventive veterinary care to dogs and cats. The organization serves the Nashville community with a focus on accessible care, offering essential services such as vaccinations, microchipping, and preventive tests and treatments. It also manages a community cat program to compassionately manage outdoor cat populations in partnership with local residents and conducts outreach to pet owners living in veterinary care deserts.

The clinic operates The Phran Galante Center for Pet Wellness, a high-volume, low-cost facility run by highly skilled veterinarians, clinicians, and nonprofit professionals. Services are provided on a sliding fee schedule to ensure every animal in the community can receive care. Since its launch in 2011, Pet Community Center has served over 150,000 animals. The organization was formed by a caring community of animal welfare advocates and volunteers who initiated a grassroots spay/neuter financial aid program. The demand for these services quickly outpaced the available appointments in the existing network.

Nashville faced an astonishingly high shelter euthanasia rate of 80% in 2010, with a shortage of thousands of spay/neuter surgeries annually. To address this, Pet Community Center opened a spay/neuter clinic in East Nashville in June 2014. After a decade of serving the community from a modular space, the organization relocated to its new facility in South Nashville in January 2023. The new center features nearly three times the square footage of the previous location, allowing for more efficient operations.

Since the organization began its work, Nashville's shelter intake has decreased by more than 50%. The results of its efforts include lower pet homelessness rates, lower shelter euthanasia rates, and improved public health and quality of life in neighborhoods across Davidson County. The clinic acts with kindness and helpfulness, meeting every person it serves with non-judgment and sharing information respectfully. It values inclusivity, collaboration, and client-centered service.

Pet Community Center strengthens the human-animal bond in Nashville through accessible veterinary care and support services that keep pets healthy and families together.

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Services:

• Community Cat Program
• Online Pharmacy
• Spay and Neuter Services
• Vaccine Clinic
• Volunteer Opportunities