Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
LANSING The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2021 Animal Welfare Fund grants. This year, MDARD will distribute $137,144 to 24 registered animal shelters throughout the state to support various animal welfare projects.
The Animal Welfare Fund is supported by generous Michiganders during tax season when they check the fund’s box on Form 4642, Voluntary Contributions Schedule on their state tax returns.
Since 2010, MDARD has distributed more than $1.4 million to over 213 local animal shelters. 100% of the contributions made to this fund go directly to these shelters to support efforts that increase sterilization rates among dogs and cats prior to adoption, provide anti-cruelty training for animal law enforcement agencies, offer proper animal care programs to the public, and assist shelters with the unreimbursed costs of care for animals involved in l
Rescued pigs dubbed ‘the Saginaw Six’ find new homes at sanctuaries as owner faces criminal charges
Updated Dec 11, 2020;
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TITTABAWASSEE TWP, MI A Saginaw County man faces criminal charges after he was accused of starving several pigs, including two that died. Meanwhile, the surviving pigs and a plethora of unexpected piglets have found new homes at animal sanctuaries in Michigan and beyond.
The case began on Feb. 27, when Tittabawassee Township police and Saginaw County Animal Care & Control Center officers went to a property of about 12 acres in the 7200 block of Pierce Road to check the well-being of livestock.
“We got a call from a concerned citizen who recognized the pigs were probably in peril,” said Saginaw Animal Care and Control Director Bonnie Kanicki. “We found them with no food, no water, no straw, lying in frozen mud and feces on an abandoned farm. It was a pretty gruesome sight.”