by Dave Kim | Sep 20, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty, General
A Detroit man will serve time in prison for animal cruelty after police and the Michigan Humane Society recovered over 30 dogs from four locations in the city. As Fox 2 reports, Julian Akyan, 30, accepted a plea deal and was sentenced one to four years for cruelty to...
by Dave Kim | May 31, 2019 | Animal Cruelty, General
Nearly 140 dogs covered in urine, feces and fleas were found inside a Orange County, Calif. mansion on Thursday (May 30). CBS Los Angeles reports that authorities recovered 136 dogs from a home inside a gated community. The breeds were mostly Maltese and Shih Tzus....
by Dave Kim | May 21, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty
Michigan Humane is seeking any information related to the body of a German Shepherd found tied to a fence and shot to death. Michigan Humane’s cruelty investigations team discovered the dog’s body on May 16 behind the garage of a home on the 5200 block of...
by Dave Kim | May 16, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty, Rescue
The following op-ed piece is written by Michigan Humane Society’s Field Services Manager, Elise Ramsey: Investigating dog fighting cases is one of the most exciting and fulfilling parts of our job. When our work pays off and we are able to put together probable...
by Dave Kim | Apr 23, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty
The man accused of stabbing a former Michigan Humane rescue dog to death has been sentenced to 3-6 years in prison Tuesday (April 23). Alexander Gerth pleaded no contest to the charges of torturing and killing Sterling, whose bloody corpse was found January 24 at a...
by Dave Kim | Mar 19, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty, General
The Michigan laboratory who’s stirred controversy over force-feeding pesticides to three dozen beagles are ending the tests, announced the company who commissioned them. As the Detroit Free Press reports, Corteva Agriscience, a division of Midland’s...
