Animals & Pets

Published May 7, 2021

Shelter seeks ‘forever homes’ for animals in need

MADISON HEIGHTS — When the Madison Heights Animal Shelter first found Riley, she was running loose on the streets with a large tumor on her right front elbow. The blue-and-white pit bull was timid but sweet, and in need of immediate care.

Published April 29, 2021

Metro

Easterseals Michigan shares ‘silver linings’ found during the pandemic

METRO DETROIT — For more than a year, people from around the world have been inundated with negative news stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published April 23, 2021

Sterling Heights Sentry

City of Sterling Heights to poll public on pet poultry

STERLING HEIGHTS — The city of Sterling Heights will hold off on a decision on whether to allow residents to own backyard chickens until a flock of survey respondents give their opinions.

Trinity Favazza, 14, of Shelby Township, will round out her four-year term as mayor of Amphibiville at the Detroit Zoo this summer.

Published April 21, 2021

Metro

Detroit Zoo seeks youth to apply for next mayor of Amphibiville

ROYAL OAK — The Detroit Zoological Society is now accepting applications from Michigan residents ages 7 to 12 to be the next mayor of Amphibiville, a 2-acre wetland village that houses the award-winning National Amphibian Conservation Center at the Detroit Zoo.

Published April 21, 2021

Woodward Talk

Huntington Woods reviewing potential beekeeping ordinance

HUNTINGTON WOODS — The city of Huntington Woods is currently reviewing an ordinance on beekeeping.

Published April 19, 2021

Shelby - Utica News

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.