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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

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.

Riding with Benny: A look at Napoleon’s neighborhood plan

By Steve Neavling on October 7, 2013 2013 Mayoral Election, Government, Headline, posts

During our one-hour drive, we saw scrappers, suspected drug dealers, a loose pit bull, gang-related graffiti, wide-open abandoned homes, dilapidated businesses and yards covered in trash.

Witnesses: Detroit police fatally shoot three harmless dogs during pot bust

By Steve Neavling on October 17, 2012 Crime & Fire, Lens On Detroit, Police, posts

He screamed; he pleaded. “Please don’t harm my dogs,” he begged police, who moments earlier had barged into his east-side home looking for marijuana.