Make Your Pet’s Health Care SIMPLE: Microchipping

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJz6wEHEtWA] Check out these awesome microchip success stories! Each year, the Michigan Humane Society shelters and cares for approximately 10,000 stray animals. Tragically, only a small percentage of lost dogs (16%) and cats...

Celebrating the Pit Bull: Sergeant Stubby

Each month in 2015, we will be celebrating the pit bull! MHS adopts out hundreds of pit bulls a year and love to show people how great dogs of this breed type can be. We will be featuring a different “famous” pit bull from history each month. Sergeant Stubby is...

Reflecting on the Last Year at MHS

Read the 2014/2015 Report to the Community here. Since 1877, the Michigan Humane Society has protected, defended and celebrated the animals of Southeast Michigan. Reflect on that for a moment – 138 years. There were only 38 states when we opened our doors and our...

A Lion and Some Dogs Walk into a Studio…

A Detroit Lion, that is! Detroit Lions punter Sam Martin has always been an animal lover, and we are lucky to have him as an MHS supporter and partner. Sam was “in the doghouse” for our Bow Wow Brunch event and recently helped us create a PSA to stress how...