Emancipet leaders and representatives of three Austin chambers of commerce cut the ribbon on the Amy Mills Emancipet Clinic at Levander Loop on Sept. 29. (Jessica McLaren/Community Impact)
Emancipet, a nonprofit that provides low-cost veterinary care, celebrated the opening of the Amy Mills Emancipet Clinic at Levander Loop with a ribbon cutting Sept. 29.
The roughly 4,000-square-foot clinic began seeing patients in early August, an Emancipet staff member said.
It sits in the space that housed Emancipet's first brick-and-mortar clinic, CEO Cheryl Katon said at the event. The organization's clinic page calls it "the very first Emancipet clinic ever opened."
Emancipet CEO Cheryl Katon speaks at the Sept. 29 ribbon cutting for the clinic.(Jessica McLaren/Community Impact)
The clinic is named for Amy Mills, who led Emancipet as president and CEO for 17 years starting in 2006, according to a 2024 news release. Katon succeeded Mills on Nov. 15, 2024, after serving as a vice president at Boston's Fenway Health, according to Pearl Street Collective, the firm that ran the search.
The details
The clinic offers spay and neuter surgeries, dental care, soft tissue surgeries, heartworm testing and treatment, vaccines, microchips and other preventive care, according to its website. Surgeries require appointments, while preventive and dental care are walk-in.
The Levander Loop clinic's surgery room is used for spay and neuter surgeries and other procedures. (Jessica McLaren/Community Impact)
Prices are the same for every client, with no income requirements, Katon said. Clients who can't afford the services can get help paying, she said.
Zooming out
Emancipet was founded in 1999 and sees more than 260,000 visits a year at clinics in Austin, Killeen, Houston and Philadelphia, according to the nonprofit.
The clinic, located at 7201 Levander Loop in East Austin, resides in the building that once was Emancipet’s first brick-and-mortar location.(Jessica McLaren/Community Impact)
The nonprofit has raised about $5 million to launch three new mobile clinics over the next few years, including one in Austin, Katon said. The expansion is expected to serve an additional 50,000 animals and 15,000 spay and neuter surgeries a year, she said.
