Animals

Sign-up to have your pet spayed or neutered at a low cost this Saturday (October 4) at Family, Farm & Home in Almont from 10 AM – 2 PM. Services are provided by All About Animals Rescue in Warren, the largest high-quality, low-cost spay/neuter clinic in Michigan. A cat spay/neuter is $40 and a dog spay/neuter is $80.

District Court Judge Laura Cheger Barnard has ordered the couple accused of being responsible for the dog mauling death of Craig Sytsma be bound over  for arraignment on charges of second degree murder. Sebastiano Quagliata and Valbonaj Lucaj will be the first people ever tried for second-degree murder in Michigan in connection with a dog attack.

There are lot of pet video's all over the Internet. This one is a "near miss" for the owner. This cat really wants to please the owner by going "number 2' in the potty, but maybe giving up the litter box isn't such a great idea yet. See for yourself...

Being an old goat farmer who’s been butted a few times this story caught my eye. It’s a video from New Zealand of a ram letting loose on a drone and taking it out of commission. Then Billy goes for the pilot and wins again.

The "Harvest, Horses, And Hounds" celebration is coming to Metamora for its debut on September 27th. Since the Metamora area is know for horses and hounds and the Metamora Hunt running through the countryside, the new festival will celebrate the fall season!

This is the story of one lucky koala bear. Near Melbourne, Australia firemen and wildlife rescuers were called to the scene of a koala stuck up a tree. The koala had been hit by a car before climbing up the tree.

Sally Wallace, a veterinarian with Animal Medical Center in Lapeer was questioned at a preliminary hearing on Friday and told the court that both of the dogs involved in the fatal attack against Craig Sytsma, were brought into the clinic in April wearing muzzles, and both dogs tried to bite her and other staff.

A week ago we all heard the tragic news of Robin Williams death. Robin with his talent touched many lives around the world. Koko the Ape at The Gorilla Foundation in northern California was saddened to learn that her friend had passed away.

It's not that you can't bring your dogs to 'Lapeer Days', a city ordinance allows it as long as the dogs are on a leash, but people are a little nervous around dogs these days after the recent fatal attack in our community. 'Lapeer Days' organizers would prefer that you didn't bring them downtown on such a busy day.

If you want to make a video to sell something, make sure it lives up to what you are saying about the item. In this case a cat. Does this cat hear what the owner is saying? While the owner praises the virtues of the cat, the animal bites and snips at her, perhaps sending the real message to a future owner...

Paradise Animal Rescue on M-24 just south of Barnes Lake Road has new area set up in the facility Nikki’s Cat Nook in memory of Nicole Alexandra Yungbluth from Metamora.  Nikki loved all animals and volunteered at PAR after graduating from Lapeer West High School in 2005 and passed away when she was 25.

The owners of the dogs believed responsible for the death of a Livonia man are expected to face criminal charges according to the Lapeer County Prosecutors Office. Craig Sytsma, 46, died last Wednesday after he was viciously attacked by two large dogs while he was jogging on Thomas Road.