MHS has long acknowledged the unique challenges involving sheltering a large number of cats. We take in thousands of cats each year, and keeping them healthy while they are in our care is a struggle. To make matters worse, despite active efforts to encourage people to...

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...

Growing up, my family had an amazing cat, Pogo, named for his nightly routine of jumping from the floor to the top of the bunk bed that I shared as a child with my brother, Josh. He was simply amazing. He passed away many years ago, living to be almost 20, and was, in...

Check out the Michigan Humane Society blog on Wednesdays to see common pet behavior questions answered by our Senior Director of Operations and pet behavior expert, CJ Bentley. If you have an immediate behavior concern with your pet, please call a qualified trainer or...

Last week, MHS held the official ground breaking ceremony for our new Detroit Animal Care Campus. The new facility will be approximately 34,000 square feet in size and will cost $15.5 million to construct. The future MHS Detroit Animal Care Campus will offer improved...

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...

While MHS specializes in domesticated companion animals, and particularly cats and dogs, we will accept any animal that is brought to us. Sometimes when investigating cruelty cases, we take in animals that we wouldn't normally see in a shelter - particularly farm...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHwruYB1is8]   How do you get a picture of two kittens and a puppy, all laying together and looking at the camera? With a lot of patience and a few extra hands! Kelli Taylor of Purple Tree Photography enlisted the help of...

Check out the Michigan Humane Society blog on Wednesdays to see common pet behavior questions answered by our Senior Director of Operations and pet behavior expert, CJ Bentley. If you have an immediate behavior concern with your pet, please call a qualified trainer or...

The final Mega March for Animals event was on Sunday, putting a close to the three walk events for the year, which means we can announce the top staff teams! In addition to working hard in the shelters every day, the Michigan Humane Society staff are key fundraisers...