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Emergency vet in Cyprus — who to call right now

Take a breath. Two minutes from now, you'll have a human on the line.

If you're standing over a hurt animal right now, let's skip the introductions — the numbers are just below, and every one of them is answered by a real person. Cyprus has a 24-hour emergency vet, a nationwide police line for animals, and a rescue line that picks up. Help is closer than it feels; the next two minutes are just about dialing the right number.

24 hours

SHpets emergency line

1460 nationwide

Police animal-welfare line

30 seconds

Posting an SOS

The numbers, first

In Limassol, SHpets Small Animal Hospital runs a 24-hour emergency line: +357 99664080, at Lesvou 5. That's your call when an animal is injured or fading — hit by a car, bleeding heavily, unconscious, struggling to breathe — and you, or someone near you, can get it there. The police citizens' line 1460 covers animal welfare across all of Cyprus: cruelty, neglect, a dog locked in a hot car; in immediate danger, call 112. And the withBobi rescue line, +357 94332799 (call or WhatsApp), is for everything in between: you've found an animal, you can't tell how serious it is, or you don't know who should come. Not sure which number is right? Call one anyway. Everyone on those lines would far rather redirect you than have you not call at all.

What to say when you call

Emergency vets triage over the phone, and four pieces of information make their job — and the animal's odds — dramatically better. One: what animal it is (dog, cat, kitten, roughly how big or old). Two: what happened, or what you can see — hit by a car, bleeding from where, breathing strangely, can't stand up. Three: exactly where you are — street plus a landmark, or drop a pin on your phone's map and read out what it says. Four: whether you can transport, or need someone who can. That's it. And even if you're driving straight to the clinic, call ahead — a team that knows you're coming is waiting at the door instead of finding out at the desk.

If you can't transport

No car, a dog too big to lift, an animal too scared to be handled — none of that means you've failed. Post it on the SOS map at /sos: photo plus location, about thirty seconds, always free, run by the community. Everyone nearby who signed up for alerts gets pinged instantly — and that is exactly what the map is for: someone taps 'I'm on my way', and you see help coming. Join t.me/withbobi_sos too; every SOS lands in that Telegram channel the moment it's posted, so the more of us in it, the faster help moves. If you can stay near the animal until someone arrives, stay — you are the marker on the map.

About the money — honestly

Emergency vet care costs money, and nights cost more than days: a clinic keeps staff and equipment ready around the clock, and that readiness is exactly what you're paying for. Ask for an estimate up front — it's a completely normal question and no vet is offended by it. For a street animal, some shelters and volunteers can sometimes help with costs, or know where help exists — say so in your SOS post or on the rescue line and ask. But nobody can promise free care, and we won't pretend otherwise: an honest 'this may cost something' beats a broken promise every time. While you wait or drive, the first-aid basics live in our guide at /help/found-an-animal — water not food, gentle pressure on bleeding, shade.

How it works

Call the right number

Injured and movable: SHpets, +357 99664080. Cruelty or neglect: 1460. Not sure: withBobi, +357 94332799.

Say the four things

What animal, what happened, exactly where you are, and whether you can transport.

Can't transport? Post an SOS

Photo + location at /sos. Nearby drivers and helpers are alerted instantly.

Ready to be the moment?

A dog somewhere is waiting on someone like you to do something like this.

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