Ann Arbor, MI (February 3, 2026) — Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV) reminds the community of the critical role neighbors play in protecting animals, after staff were alerted by a hospital social worker that a recently adopted dog had been left alone when his adopter was unexpectedly hospitalized following an encounter with federal immigration officers. Unfortunately, the worried owner was not permitted to contact HSHV himself, nor did any law enforcement agency notify HSHV. Thankfully, the dog was safely recovered by HSHV staff and is back in HSHV’s care—only because a hospital social worker thought to call HSHV. This story
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Ypsilanti, MI (January 15, 2026) — The Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV) continues to investigate the alleged abuse of a dog captured on a doorbell camera in Ypsilanti during the last week of 2025. An anonymous donor is now offering $1,000 cash for information leading to the filing of criminal charges in the case. The video, recorded on Ypsilanti’s South Street, appears to show a man running onto a porch, grabbing a dog with light-colored fur, striking the dog several times, then lifting and dragging the dog by the neck while walking down the steps off the porch. In the
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Ypsilanti, MI (December 31, 2025) — The Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV) is investigating a complaint involving the alleged abuse of a dog whose footage was captured on a doorbell camera in Ypsilanti. The video, reportedly taken late last week on Ypsilanti’s South Street, appears to show a man running onto a porch, grabbing what appears to be a pit-bull mix with light-colored fur, striking the dog several times, then lifting and dragging the dog by the neck while walking down the steps off the porch. In the footage, the dog’s legs appear to be lifted off the ground as
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   ­­­­Ann Arbor, MI (December 11, 2025) — In response to the brutal 2024 shooting of a kitten later named “Sugar,” the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office has filed charges in connection with the case. The charges include two counts of Killing/Torturing Animals and one count of Animal Abandonment. The criminal filing follows the initial public appeal by Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV), which in September 2024 sought the community’s help in identifying those responsible for the violent attack on a seven-month-old kitten found near Carpenter Road and Washtenaw Avenue in Ypsilanti. X-rays revealed approximately 35 BB-gun BBs embedded
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