A nonprofit mobile vet team is bringing free and low-cost pet care directly to Native American communities in New Mexico, helping families avoid long drives for veterinary services. Rez Vet Mobile Pet Care was founded in 2025 by four co-founders with decades of experience in veterinary medicine.
Expanding Services
The organization has focused much of its work so far on the Navajo Nation, where access to care can be limited by distance, cost, and transportation. According to field clinic director Jessica Parry, some pet owners live as far as three hours from the nearest veterinary clinic. Across the Navajo Nation, an area about the size of West Virginia, there are only three veterinary clinics.
Rez Vet hosts mobile clinics that offer vaccines, flea and tick medication, deworming, and urgent care for sick or injured pets. The organization has held eight clinics so far, serving about 500 animals per clinic on average. Its work is focused primarily on dogs and cats.
Rez Vet also provides home visits for pet owners who cannot transport their animals to a clinic, allowing staff to vaccinate and treat pets where they live. Now, with the addition of a new van, the group is expanding its services to include surgeries, including spay and neuter procedures, as well as some emergency surgeries.
Original reporting: KOAT Albuquerque — read the source article.
