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CTV News
4 days ago
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Capacity reached at Windsor-Essex Humane Society
Peak capacity has been reached at the Windsor Essex County Humane Society, which poses a challenge for ongoing animal rescue efforts. Peak capacity has been reached at the Windsor Essex County Humane Society (WECHS), which poses a challenge for ongoing animal rescue efforts. The organization is a refuge offering rescue and relief for animals in need and seeing the current intake capacity of approximately 450 animals at this time of the year is not uncommon. Despite this challenge, the organization's core mission remains unaffected, to eliminate all forms of animal suffering caused by overpopulation, neglect, ignorance, and abuse. Currently, efforts are underway to accommodate the numbers in-house and address the expected intake for the rest of the summer season. Lynnette Bain is the executive director of WECHS. Bain is hopeful that the community can help. 'What we want the public to remember is, hey, if you're looking for an animal to join your family, adopt - don't shop,' said Bain. 'Come and look and see what we have. Lots of cats. Lots of kittens. We're working with PetSmart this week for an adoption promotion, so there are a lot of kittens available there. But other things the public can do is just recognize that if you need to surrender an animal or bring an animal in, to call and book an appointment first.' WECHS is a charitable organization and donations are tax deductible. Donated funds support the direct care of animals, the adoption/fostering process and all efforts to save and protect animal lives in our community.
CTV News
25-06-2025
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- CTV News
Strays on Street Corners raises $78,000 for local Humane Society
Volunteers are at intersections across Windsor and Essex County, Thursday, July 25, 2019. (Melanie Borrelli / CTV Windsor) A total of $78,000 has been raised for the Windsor Essex County Humane Society (WECHS) at its local community fundraiser, Strays on Street Corners. The funds will go towards giving the animals under WECHS' care food, shelter, and medical care. 'We are really pushing it here and it's been a tougher year, looking at donations or revenue, looking at the economics of everything in our society right now,' said Lynnette Bain, executive director of WECHS. 'So, this is coming at a great time to help us, to be able to take care of the animals. It goes into our general funds for that.' Strays on Street Corners is WECHS' biggest fundraiser of the year.
CTV News
19-06-2025
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- CTV News
‘Strays on Street Corners' hoping to raise $75,000 for the local humane society
The Windsor Essex County Humane Society is kicking off its biggest annual fundraiser on Thursday. The Windsor Essex County Humane Society is kicking off its biggest annual fundraiser on Thursday. The biggest fundraising event of the year for the Windsor-Essex County Humane Society (WECHS) is set for this coming weekend. Strays on Street Corners is set to begin Thursday and will run until Saturday. For three days, volunteers, animal lovers, and humane society staff will take to the street corners of Windsor-Essex, decked out in fluorescent orange shirts to collect donations in support of the organization. All proceeds from the event will go directly toward food, shelter, medical care, and adoption services for thousands of local animals. The event last year raised $60,000, but officials are hoping to raise $75,000 this year as they deal with a funding gap due to lower adoption revenue while at the same time, the shelter has been at capacity earlier than usual by this time of the year. Executive Director of the Windsor-Essex County Humane Society Lynnette Bain said they are a high-volume shelter. 'It's really difficult to raise the funds because we don't have government funding; it's all based on our donations,' she said. 'We've got such a generous community, but the need is so great. The volume of animals we have compared to cities of a similar size is almost four times.' The public can make a cash donation at one of the street corners, they can also donate by texting STRAYS to 20222 to give a one-time $10 donation or donate online. - Written by Rusty Thomson and Rob Hindi/AM800 News.
