The Windsor/Essex County Humane Society (WECHS) and the Windsor Essex Community Housing Corporation (CHC) have launched a new mobile veterinary program designed to bring essential pet care directly to residents facing financial hardship and housing insecurity.

Helping Paws: Pet Health Access for Vulnerable Households will offer on-site wellness exams, vaccines, microchipping, flea treatment, deworming and spay/neuter referrals. WECHS says the pilot program is meant to fill critical gaps exposed during Windsor’s 2024-25 parvovirus outbreak.

“The parvo outbreak showed how urgently accessible veterinary services are needed in our community,” said Dr. Emily Durbin, WECHS’s community veterinarian, in a media release. “Helping Paws provides preventative care where it’s needed most, reduces dis

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