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Home»Posts tagged with»animal control

How photographer got permission to take tiger, wolves to Packard Plant

By Steve Neavling on August 24, 2015   City Government, Crime & Fire, Government, Headline, Police, posts  

How photographer got permission to take tiger, wolves to Packard Plant

The city of Detroit all but rolled out the red carpet for a British wildlife photographer to take a large tiger, two wolves and a bobcat to the hazardous ruins of the Packard Plant.

Detroit defends handling of dog found bleeding to death in cramped cage

By Steve Neavling on July 13, 2015   Government, Headline, Mayor's Office, posts  

Detroit defends handling of dog found bleeding to death in cramped cage

Detroit officials were quick to defend the seizure of a 2-year-old dog, but they refuse to answer the bigger questions of accountability and deplorable conditions at the shelter.

Beloved family dog dies after being covered in blood, feces at city of Detroit shelter

By Steve Neavling on July 12, 2015   City Government, Featured, Featured Stories, Government, Mayor's Office  

Beloved family dog dies after being covered in blood, feces at city of Detroit shelter

Veronica Seward was horrified when she saw her 2-year-old pit bull bleeding profusely, laying motionless in a pile of his own feces inside a dirty cage at the Detroit Animal Control Shelter.

Rescue dogs spared from police seizure at last minute

By Steve Neavling on June 15, 2015   Government, Mayor's Office, posts  

Rescue dogs spared from police seizure at last minute

Detroit police avoided a potentially ugly standoff with an animal rescue group Monday.

Why Detroit Animal Control can’t be trusted with rescued dogs

By Steve Neavling on June 15, 2015   Government, Headline, Mayor's Office, posts  

Why Detroit Animal Control can’t be trusted with rescued dogs

Detroit Animal Control workers have euthanized the wrong dogs, fed puppies to snakes and killed animals with no health problems.

First chickens, goats, now this: Detroit threatens to seize rescued dogs

By Steve Neavling on June 13, 2015   Featured Stories, Government, Mayor's Office  

First chickens, goats, now this: Detroit threatens to seize rescued dogs

The city of Detroit is threatening to euthanize rescued dogs because the no-kill shelter doesn’t yet have paperwork.

Detroit officers seize goats, chickens from sobbing homeowner over ‘farm’ ordinance

By Steve Neavling on October 23, 2014   Government, Headline, Mayor's Office, posts  

Detroit officers seize goats, chickens from sobbing homeowner over ‘farm’ ordinance

When David and Sky Brown bought a house for $2,000 on Detroit’s west side, they never expected to have problems for having a few goats and chickens.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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