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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 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

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.

Mayor Duggan: City won’t remove animals from Detroit Dog Rescue – for now

By Steve Neavling on June 18, 2015 Crime & Fire, Government, Headline, Mayor's Office, Police

The pledge by the mayor means the dogs won’t be seized and euthanized if the rescue group gets its proper paperwork.