by Ann Griffin | Feb 28, 2020 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty, General
On April 24, 2019, 34 horses were seized by law enforcement on a property near Lebanon, Ore. The owners, a man and woman in their sixties, had been counseled by animal control officers for months regarding their horses’ condition and the need to make improvements....
by Dave Kim | Feb 25, 2020 | General
The U.S. Coast Guard station in Marquette, Mich. advanced the ranks of two important members at its station: former shelter dogs Thor and Loki. As MLive reports, Thor and Loki are Vizla-Lab mixes who were “promoted” to petty officers third class during a...
by Dave Kim | Feb 21, 2020 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty, Cats, General
Michigan could follow New York and officially ban the act of declawing cats, becoming the second U.S. state to do so. As the Detroit Free Press reports, House Bill No. 5508 was introduced on Thursday by State Rep. Nate Shannon, D-Sterling Heights, and 20 other...
by Dave Kim | Feb 14, 2020 | dogs, General, Rescue
The Michigan Humane Society medical staff in Detroit rushed to save a dog who swallowed crack cocaine after a neighbor threw the bag of drugs into the backyard. As WXYZ reports, Detroit police was serving a warrant on Wednesday at a home next to Clinton Majors and his...
by Dave Kim | Feb 11, 2020 | Cats, General
The Michigan Humane Society is sadden to learn that original Troy Police Department cat Pawfficer Badges died over the weekend at the age of two. Troy PD announced on Twitter today that Badges died on Saturday from feline leukemia while in the care of Leuk’s...
by Dave Kim | Jan 31, 2020 | General
For the second year in a row, WeatherTech will air a Super Bowl ad featuring a dog, but this time it’s a little more serious. SB Nation reports that WeatherTech CEO David MacNeil’s 7-year-old Golden Retriever named Scout was diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma,...
