PHOENIX — The Arizona Humane Society last month teamed with NourishPHX, a food and clothing bank, to help pets in an underserved community just west of downtown.
Outside NourishPHX’s building on South Ninth Avenue, the society parked its Healthy Tails Mobile Veterinary Clinic, a large truck equipped with medical equipment and an operating room inside. Staff and techs administered vaccines, deworming treatments and flea and tick prevention, and microchipped pets whose owners had appointments or walked in.
Sara Cruz-Mora, the Humane Society’s nonprofit operations director, said the most common barriers to people getting veterinary care for their pets are financial and transportation.
