Looking Back at 2014

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuRUvNAaAEE&w=560&h=315]   This year, because of you… More than 8,200 animals found loving forever homes. Nearly 8,000 cats and dogs were spayed and neutered, thanks to low-cost and free sterilization from...

Hanging Out With Miss Barbara Sparkles

While the majority of animals we get at MHS are dogs and cats, we aren’t limited! MHS takes in any animal that comes to it, including guinea pigs, hamsters, chickens, rabbits, snakes, frogs, and sometimes, pigs! Miss Barbara Sparkles is a young potbelly pig...

Ask the Veterinarian: Aging Pets

Check out the Michigan Humane Society blog on Mondays to see common veterinary questions answered. If you have an immediate medical concern with your pet, please call your veterinarian! If you have a non-urgent question you would like answered on the blog, you can...

A Thank You From Matthew Pepper

Sometime between my junior and senior years of college (my first senior year, mind you) my parents had relocated to Wisconsin and, as student at Grand Valley State, I wanted to stay behind. So I spent several weeks between semesters living with my grandmother. My...

An Earth Friendly Holiday Surprise

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_wD7n6NRIQ&w=560&h=315] Our partners American Textile Recycling Services (ATRS) are all about recycling. At at Earth Day event earlier this year, they encouraged attending children to decorate quilt squares, made out...