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...
by Dave Kim | Mar 18, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty
A Macomb County man charged with torturing and killing a dog in Utica has pleaded no contest. Fox 2 reports that Alexander Gerth will be sentenced on April 23, but will not be subject to the harsher animal cruelty laws that will take effect in Michigan later this...
by Ann Griffin | Mar 18, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty
No doubt you’ve heard about the tragic and senseless death of Sterling, a dog who was found stabbed to death in a Utica park in January. A defendant is in custody charged with animal cruelty. Regarding his arrest, Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith said, “We have...
by Dave Kim | Mar 15, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is claiming that Midland-based Dow Chemical Company commissioned a Michigan lab to force-feed fungicides to beagles for a year. HSUS released video of an undercover investigation conducted from April-August of 2018 at...
by Dave Kim | Mar 11, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty
After an investigation led by Michigan Humane and the Detroit Police Department seized 35 dogs in an alleged dog fighting ring on Friday, a Detroit man is facing multiple felony charges. Julian Akyan was arraigned Monday morning at the 36th District Court. Wayne...
by Dave Kim | Feb 25, 2019 | Animal Cruelty, Cuteness Corner, General, Video
Disney’s Pixar is known for delivering all the feels in their movies no matter how old you are. Did you see Toy Story 3? In the studio’s latest short, Kitbull, watch as an independent cat and curious pit bull develop a beautiful friendship. Surprisingly,...
