by Dave Kim | Jan 30, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty, General
The Utica Police Department is searching for leads after a dog was found dead near a picnic table at Grant Park. Sterling was a pit bull mix who was adopted out of the Michigan Humane Society on December 29. The owner is not a suspect and Utica Police Detective Sgt....
by Dave Kim | Jan 29, 2019 | Animal Cruelty, General
A proposed bill that has bi-partisan support would make animal cruelty a federal felony. CNN reports that U.S. Rep Ted Deutch (D-FL) and U.S. Rep Vern Buchanan (R-FL) have introduced the PACT Act, believing it will remove the shortcomings of current U.S. laws on...
by Matt Pepper | Jan 28, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty, The Kibble
The following op-ed piece is written by Michigan Humane Society president and CEO Matt Pepper: On Thursday, December 6, Charles Wofford of Hamtramck pleaded guilty to animal cruelty for using a steak knife and garden sheers to amputate the leg of his dog Mackinac. It...
by Dave Kim | Jan 7, 2019 | Animal Cruelty, General
Authorities in Georgia have come to the rescue of over 165 German Shepherds left in neglectful conditions at a rural property. WSB-TV in Atlanta reports that the Candler County Sheriff’s Department worked with the Atlanta Humane Society to rescue the German...
