What We Do:

We have...

Provided financial assistance in litigation of:

  • seeking non-economic damages for the death of a companion animal
  • assisting a dog on "death-row"

Provided funding for:

  • Dogs Deserve Better (DDB), one of three billboards in southwest Michigan during May 2008 (please see  www.dogsdeservebetter.org
  • CAHS cruelty investigators to attend out-of-state training seminars
  • A public service announcement warning of the dangers of children abusing animals
  • A compilation of local animal ordinances in order to develop a model ordinance

Recognized Animal Heroes, including:

  • A Deputy Sheriff who dove into icy water to rescue a dog
  • Wildlife rehabilitators who faced hostile neighbors

Sponsored:

"The Day May Come: Toward Legal Rights for Animals:" a lecture by Tom Regan, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at North Carolina State University and the widely acknowledged leader of the animal rights movement.