Animals & Pets

Published April 19, 2021

Utica to host puppy parade during Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month

UTICA — The city of Utica will be hosting a puppy parade this month at Grant Park in honor of national Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month.

The Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society’s Harper Woods Police Department fundraiser will benefit the K-9 unit, which includes officer Kaiser.

Published April 19, 2021

Advertiser Times

Harper Woods K-9 fundraiser breakfast to continue as takeout event

HARPER WOODS — The Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society is returning with its pancake breakfast fundraiser to help raise money for Harper Woods’ K-9 police unit.

Published April 18, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Nonprofit animal hospital coming to Eastpointe

EASTPOINTE — A new animal hospital started by the same people behind the Detroit Pit Crew animal rescue organization will be opening its doors in Eastpointe in 2021.

Coyotes spotted in Farmington Hills area

Published April 7, 2021

Farmington Press

Coyotes spotted in Farmington Hills area

FARMINGTON HILLS — A local resident recently caught on camera what is believed to be a coyote chasing a cat around his property.

Published April 7, 2021

Royal Oak Review

Detroit Zoo CEO Ron Kagan to retire this summer

ROYAL OAK — After nearly three decades of steering the Detroit Zoological Society, Executive Director and CEO Ron Kagan recently announced his upcoming retirement this summer.

Published April 7, 2021

Woodward Talk

Berkley Public Safety Department starting K-9 program

BERKLEY — The Berkley Public Safety Department soon will be bringing a K-9 unit to the city, and is asking the community to invest in its new division.

Neighbors nervous after coyote sightings

Published April 5, 2021

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Neighbors nervous after coyote sightings in St. Clair Shores

ST. CLAIR SHORES — A local resident was surprised to happen upon a coyote wandering around a St. Clair Shores neighborhood when she was driving to work, but wildlife experts say the occurrence is more common than one might think.

Published March 23, 2021

Grosse Pointe Times

Dog park location opponents ask Grosse Pointe Park to hold off on construction

GROSSE POINTE PARK — While many dog lovers say it’s long overdue, a forthcoming dog park at Patterson Park is still the subject of concern for some residents.

New animal tracking system now online at Belle Isle

Published March 18, 2021

Advertiser Times

New animal tracking system now online at Belle Isle

DETROIT — Through a coordinated effort by the Belle Isle Nature Center and the Detroit Zoo, a new wildlife tracking system has been installed that will help researchers learn more about the wildlife of the Great Lakes.

Published March 10, 2021

Royal Oak Review

Royal Oak man issued warrant for violent threats in deer cull

ROYAL OAK — After an investigation into threats of violence against Huron-Clinton Metroparks police officers made via a phone call to the administration office, the Livingston County Prosecutor’s Office issued a misdemeanor warrant to a 71-year-old Royal Oak man Feb. 23.

Published March 9, 2021

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Harrison Township teen continues quest to spay and neuter cat community

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — A local teenager is back for another year of helping the feral cat community.

Anana — a female polar bear brought to the Detroit Zoo from the Cincinnati Zoo in January 2020 to breed with male polar bear Nuka, 16 — died Feb. 8. Nuka killed her in a breeding attempt.

Published February 22, 2021

Metro

Detroit Zoo mourns polar bear death during breeding attempt

ROYAL OAK — Hot on the heels of the ecstatic Jan. 28 announcement that female polar bear Suka, 8, had successfully birthed twin cubs via male polar bear Nuka, 16, the Detroit Zoo about-faced into tragedy.

Published February 22, 2021

C&G Newspapers

A whole new world for Lake St. Clair Metropark Nature Center

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — The 32-year-old Nature Center at Lake St. Clair Metropark has undergone a facelift thanks to a grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Published February 10, 2021

Shelby - Utica News

Shelby Township Police Department promotes K-9 unit

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A Shelby Township K-9 police officer recently received a promotion for all his efforts over the past few years with the department.

Two polar bear cubs born at Detroit Zoo doing well

Published February 5, 2021

Metro

Two polar bear cubs born at Detroit Zoo doing well

ROYAL OAK — The Detroit Zoo recently announced that two polar bear cubs born Nov. 17 to mom Suka, 8, and 16-year-old father Nuka are doing well.

Published January 26, 2021

Shelby - Utica News

Utica police arrest woman seen repeatedly throwing dog into river

UTICA — A woman in Utica is facing an animal torture charge after allegedly throwing a small dog into the Clinton River repeatedly, causing it trauma Jan. 4.

Published January 19, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Eastpointe police looking for suspect in animal abuse incident

EASTPOINTE — Eastpointe police are searching for a man seen on home security video beating a dog with a broomstick Jan. 17.

Published January 13, 2021

C&G Newspapers

Detroit Zoo celebrates its first lion cub born in 40 years

ROYAL OAK — When Binti, a female lion cub born Sept. 10 at the Detroit Zoo, successfully rejoined the lion pride just before Christmas Day, the Detroit Zoological Society rejoiced.

Published January 8, 2021

Warren Weekly

Police find puppy taken by food delivery driver, suspect charged

WARREN — A puppy allegedly swiped from the enclosed porch of a Warren home by a food delivery driver has been returned to its family, and the suspect is now facing a felony larceny charge.