FDA Now Requires Animal Testing For Personal Lubricants
BY BTL STAFF WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has changed testing regulations for personal lubricant to require that all products [...]
Getting to the Goal: Making Michigan a No Kill State
BY AJ TRAGER In efforts to end the killing of healthy and treatable homeless cats and dogs in Michigan, 40 percent of the counties in the state practice the [...]
Animal Welfare Fund Provides over $134,900 to Local Animal Shelters
LANSING — Each year the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's Animal Industry Division distributes thousands of donated dollars to animal [...]
Save Lives And Protect Pets During The Cold Weather With These Tips from MHS
http://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-80719265/stock-photo-mountain-dog DETROIT — The cold weather is here and while that may be an inconvenience for us, it can [...]
Wedding Announcements
Photo: S2M10_BugajskiEster_Announcement_2338_Marriage.jpg Caption: Mark Bugajski and his partner, Chuck Ester of Dearborn Heights, finally tied the knot July [...]
U.S. Air Force Retirees Finally Tie The Knot
BY AJ TRAGER Photo: S2_WeddingStoryBartawayWilliams_2338 Caption: Vanessa Williams and Rebecca Bartaway tie the knot July 7 before their friend Charlene. Rev. [...]
Nonprofit Group Links LGBT, Vegan Activism
BY BTL STAFF Mariann Sullivan and Jasmin Singer. Photo by Derek Goodwin. In a new short film from the multimedia nonprofit Our Hen House [...]
Last Gas Chamber For Pets Still Remains In Michigan
BY AJ TRAGER BRANCH COUNTY – There is only one remaining county in Michigan still using gas chambers to euthanize unwanted animals at local shelters. Four of [...]
Carpe Diem: Saving Chase
BY AJ TRAGER Andrea Pociask and her partner Amber Wickett are proud parents to Chase, a white mastiff/pit bull terrier mix with subaortic stenosis, a terminal [...]
March To Help Homeless Pets With Michigan Humane Society
BY BTL STAFF The Michigan Humane Society will be hosting four different walks as part of the larger event, "Mega March for Animals." Participating will help [...]
Abandoned Garden City Dog Finds Loving Home
BY AJ TRAGER Most of Lazlo's body was covered in mange, a skin disease that causes hair loss and the formation of scabs, when he found his way to his new home [...]
Detroit Zoo, Michigan Humane Society Host Semi-Annual Adoption Event
BY BTL STAFF The Detroit Zoo and Michigan Humane Society, in collaboration with more than 30 local animal welfare organizations, will host the semi-annual [...]
