Michigan Bill Outlines Shelter Standards For Outdoor Pets

Every year, people in animal welfare and law enforcement will get calls in the colder winter regions about animals being left outside. It’s somewhat of a grey area for law enforcement when it comes to protecting animals from abuse and neglect.

“Right now the laws that govern animals that live outside is kind of vague and it’s up for interpretation what constitutes adequate shelter,” says Molly Tamulevich, Michigan State Director for Humane Society of the United States. “That means you could have a bunch of different definitions of what is adequate shelter and there’s really no common standard.”

Michigan House Bill 4784 aims to set the standards of care, outlining what is not considered to be adequate shelter.

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Lost dog back in Michigan After Being Found 330 Miles Away in Ohio

CASCADE, Michigan — Friday evening was a night of pampering for Thimble the dog, who’s now got a safe place to stay after quite a journey.

“He’s just a great little dog. He’s got a wonderful temperament,” said Thimble’s foster mom, Valeria Vlcek.

We’ll never know for sure what all Thimble has been through. But what we do know is that he was registered to an owner in Kent County and was found last week, wandering in a park in Perry, Ohio more than 330 miles away in freezing cold temperatures.

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