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...
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...
