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Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society Since 1935, the Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society (MACS) has worked towards a "be kind to animals world." Business hours are Tuesday-Saturday 8am-4pm.

To report animal cruelty or neglect, please call the shelter at 313-891-7188. Since 1935, Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society (MACS) has been providing refuge to stray, injured, and forgotten animals. We work to promote humane education and provide outreach services and resources to animals in need. In 2016, MACS investigated 895 cruelty complaints. MACS provides extensive sheltering, veterinary care an

d pet adoption services to the thousands of animals that pass through our shelter doors. We never turn away an animal in need. For many animals, MACS is their only hope.

A kitten came into MACS four months ago after being found outside by some children and brought to their home. The family...
30/01/2025

A kitten came into MACS four months ago after being found outside by some children and brought to their home. The family brought him to to us after noticing he was very sick and needed help.

After seeing our clinic staff and beginning meds it was determined he was going to need both of his eyes removed. After his surgery we placed him into a foster home to have round the clock care and love! We named him Lucky.

Sometimes when you foster you fall deeply in love and you realize you can’t let that foster animal go. In animal welfare we call it “foster fail”. The foster family realized they were just as lucky to have him as he was to have them. They made him an official part of their family yesterday ❤️

Photos of how it started vs. adoption day!

29/01/2025

Meet our senior girl Rascel at PetSmart Utica 🫶 Rascel is a charming 13 year old, Spayed Female, domestic short hair cat. She was an owner surrender due to no fault of her own. After receiving some medical care by the vet team, she is now ready to find that purrfect furever home that will spoil and love her like she deserves to be. She has lived with other cats in the past, however she has never lived with dogs, or little kids and they may overwhelm her. If you have a calm and quiet house and are interested in adopting Rascel, apply for her today! https://macsshelter.org/cat-application

LOW-COST Spay and Neuter Event Announcement! ✨We are excited to announce that we will be having TWO more FELINE focused ...
27/01/2025

LOW-COST Spay and Neuter Event Announcement! ✨

We are excited to announce that we will be having TWO more FELINE focused Spay/Neuter events in February on Thursday February 13th and Thursday February 20th. We are trying to get ahead of kitten season and we know that every animal sterilized counts! Our focus will be felines in the cities of Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park.

We will be by appointment only. If you live in one of these three cities and are interested in setting up an appointment please call our clinic at 313.369.9863 Tuesday through Friday during the hours of 10 am and 2 pm.

‼️UP FOR ADOPTION IN MY FOSTER HOME‼️Hello World, it's me Skweekers and I need your help! I am loving my foster home and...
27/01/2025

‼️UP FOR ADOPTION IN MY FOSTER HOME‼️

Hello World, it's me Skweekers and I need your help! I am loving my foster home and my foster family loves me too, but I am not in my forever home yet and I am eagerly awaiting a family to call my own. My foster family leaves for vacation soon and I REALLY want to find my forever family before they go next week.

Let me tell you a bit about myself! I am 1 years old, handsome as can be, with the silliest personality. It takes me a minute to settle in and feel comfortable, but once I do you will quickly fall in love (ask my foster family). I came into MACS when someone found me in their backyard unable to walk correctly. With vet care, time, patience, and love I am here today walking just fine! I love to play and I love to cuddle too, best of both worlds!

I have foster cat siblings in my foster home. At first I wasn't too sure of them, however with a slow introduction I was able to figure out they were my friends too. Now we hangout all day together! I haven't been around dogs before, but with a slow introduction too who is saying dogs couldn't also be my friend!

Alright, here is what I need help with! Please SHARE this post so I can find my family before my foster family heads out of town. Interested in making me a part of your family yourself? Fill out my adoption application online and the MACS team will reach out to you for next steps! https://macsshelter.org/cat-application

Thank you for helping me find my forever family!

Saving lives together,
Skweekers ❤

BABY 🤩The staff here say I'm super handsome and cuddly and my foster family said the same thing. Now I just need to find...
26/01/2025

BABY 🤩

The staff here say I'm super handsome and cuddly and my foster family said the same thing. Now I just need to find a family to cuddle with forever! I came into the shelter after being found outside with the rest of my litter and they have since been adopted--now it's my turn now that I am healthy enough. I am neutered, up to date on all of my age appropriate vaccines and prevention, microchipped, and FeLV/FIV negative. I have been around other cats and have done well! If you think I will be a great addition to your family please fill out an application to meet me! https://macsshelter.org/cat-application

🚨🐾 HAPPY ADOPTIONS ALERT 🐾🚨Cheeks, Storm, Garfield, Fluffy, Kittoush, Diamond, Hui Hui, and Mami all found their forever...
25/01/2025

🚨🐾 HAPPY ADOPTIONS ALERT 🐾🚨

Cheeks, Storm, Garfield, Fluffy, Kittoush, Diamond, Hui Hui, and Mami all found their forever this week!

Thank you for adding to your family through MACS! When you adopt you save more than one life. The life you’re adopting and the space you just made for the one we can now save.

That’s EIGHT adoptions this week and THIRTY ONE so far this month 🫶

Congratulations! Saving more lives, together!

Barry and Betty💜Barry and Betty came into the shelter at only 5 weeks old, when they were old enough they were adopted i...
25/01/2025

Barry and Betty💜

Barry and Betty came into the shelter at only 5 weeks old, when they were old enough they were adopted into a loving home but sadly their owner fell ill and had to bring them back. We are now almost 2 years old and we are bundles of joy and excitement!

Help keep us together, apply to adopt us today https://macsshelter.org/cat-application! We are available for adoption through MACS, being housed at PetSmart in Bloomfield Hills.

JJ Update ❤️JJ is acclimating well to being in foster and is now up for adoption on our website. JJ is going to need tim...
25/01/2025

JJ Update ❤️

JJ is acclimating well to being in foster and is now up for adoption on our website. JJ is going to need time to decompress and patience as he learns many things that are new for him.

This sweetie has already made so much progress in such a short period of time. We can’t wait for that family who is going to love him so much like we all do already.

To apply to adopt JJ and to see all of his other friends up for adoption please visit our website at https://macsshelter.org/adoptions

🚨 UPDATE 🚨: Thank you all so so much for all of the responses and offers to help! We are excited to say that we have con...
24/01/2025

🚨 UPDATE 🚨: Thank you all so so much for all of the responses and offers to help! We are excited to say that we have confirmed a transport driver for our transport on Tuesday. If you are interested in helping out with any future transports please start by filling out a volunteer application on our website at https://macsshelter.org/volunteer-application and we will reach out to you for next steps! Thank you all for helping us save more lives, together!

We need transport help!

We are looking to find volunteers with some free time to spare and a safe vehicle who would be interested in transporting animals from our shelter to their new destinations. Being a volunteer transport driver is a very rewarding role to have, you are helping be a part of a shelter animals journey to a better life.

MACS has transport partners throughout the state of Michigan so drives can be short distances and long distances. We have an upcoming transport scheduled for Tuesday January 28th and we are hoping to find someone who would be available to take two of our dogs from MACS shelter located in Detroit, to their new stomping grounds located at Little Traverse Bay Humane Society in Harbor Springs, MI. The drive round trip is about 8 hours.

We know this is a large ask, however we also know our community is amazing and rallies behind our mission to save as many lives as we can.

If you are interested in becoming a transport volunteer for future transports please fill out a volunteer application on our website at https://macsshelter.org/volunteer-application and our volunteer coordinator, Stephanie, will reach out to you directly.

Let's continue to save lives, together.

These last few days in Detroit have been hard for everyone in animal welfare and we’ve all been doing everything we can ...
24/01/2025

These last few days in Detroit have been hard for everyone in animal welfare and we’ve all been doing everything we can do to help the voiceless animals who need us most. Yesterday we partnered with our friends at Dog Aide an amazing outreach group who has been working tirelessly to help the dogs and cats outside in these temperatures. Sometimes that means the animal being surrendered to have a better future, that’s where collaboration saves lives and JJ was brought to MACS for care and a fresh start.

Everyone meet JJ.

On the left was his life upon Dog Aide’s arrival yesterday. Underweight, matted, cold, unsanitary conditions, on a tie out.

The middle photo is his intake photo with MACS, being snuggled by one of our clinic staff. On the right is JJ today after being shaved, getting the complete medical he needed, and a healthy breakfast ❤️

JJ is resting in one of our warm foster homes peacefully tonight. He will be placed up for adoption on our website soon.

Please stay tuned for more updates on JJ. Look at all his progress in just 48 hours.

Collaboration saves lives and we are saving lives together 🐾

Thank you Michigan Humane Pet Pantry for your help with supplying food for us to use for our food bank program. Our food...
23/01/2025

Thank you Michigan Humane Pet Pantry for your help with supplying food for us to use for our food bank program.

Our food bank program helps keeps pets fed and happy at home with their family. One of the many things we do to try to help support pets staying happy and healthy in their home with the people who love them.

Saving lives, together.

We have been busy at the shelter this week passing out dog and cat food from our Food Bank Program, straw, and doing eve...
22/01/2025

We have been busy at the shelter this week passing out dog and cat food from our Food Bank Program, straw, and doing everything we can to make sure everyone we talk to has their animals INSIDE.

We continue to ask you to please bring your cats and dogs inside, it is extremely cold and these temperatures are deadly.

Sharing this post from our friends at Dog Aide who have been out doing everything they can to support the animals outside in Detroit and get them inside! ❤️🐾

IT IS TOO COLD FOR OUTDOOR ANIMALS!
Please bring your dogs and cats inside to save their lives!

Since we recently said goodbye to 2024, we would like to take a moment to reflect on the hard work that it took to conti...
22/01/2025

Since we recently said goodbye to 2024, we would like to take a moment to reflect on the hard work that it took to continue to make a lasting impact on our community. Our team works daily to “make it a be kind to animals world".

Stepping into 2025, Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society will be celebrating 90 years as an animal welfare organization. This year we will be working towards trying to keep pets in their homes, while creating opportunities for clients to access low-cost medical care.

Look out this year to see us pilot some new programs, including a new neighborhood outreach program, additional vaccination/sterilization clinics, and so much more!

We want to be sure to thank all of our supporters without you all, the work we continue to do wouldn't be possible. From all of us at MACS, thank you!

Come join our team, we are in need of a Veterinarian to help us! 🐾MACS is a non-profit that works towards helping all me...
21/01/2025

Come join our team, we are in need of a Veterinarian to help us! 🐾

MACS is a non-profit that works towards helping all members of our community to provide lifesaving care to their animals. Our Veterinary Clinic is a low-cost clinic, in the city of Detroit, that works with a variety of clients and patients. Most of our clients have limited access to veterinary care. We also provide all of the veterinary care for our shelter-located next door. We are looking for a Veterinarian to work one or two days during the week to see wellness and sick appointments.

Our clinic hours are Tuesday-Friday 8 am to 4 pm. No weekends, no afterhours, no on call, or holidays!

If you would like more info on how to be part of our life saving team, We would love to further discuss how we could work together.

If you are a Veterinarian looking for a job that has great hours and makes a difference in our community, please contact us! We can be reached at 313.369.9863 or [email protected].

🚨 PSA FROM TREASURE, NOW ELSIE🚨You may remember in the beginning of December I came into MACS frozen and lifeless. In th...
20/01/2025

🚨 PSA FROM TREASURE, NOW ELSIE🚨

You may remember in the beginning of December I came into MACS frozen and lifeless. In the beginning of December it wasn’t as cold as it is right now and the temperatures are continuing to drop. Not all dogs are going to be lucky like me this week. The voiceless need your help.

Please. Please. BRING YOUR DOGS INSIDE. With these temperatures dog houses and straw aren’t going to be enough.

I’m lucky enough to be on the couch with my family tonight. I’m hoping that tonight all the dogs outside will find themselves in the warmth of a home, alive.

If you see an animal outside who is in need of help in the city of Detroit please say something and call:
Michigan Humane Cruelty & Rescue: 313-872-3401
Detroit Animal Care and Control: 313-224-6356
Detroit Police Department: 313-596-2200

Bring your dogs inside. We can save lives, together.

Stay warm,
Treasure, now Elsie

👑 QUEEN 👑You have to come meet this sweet girl! She has a super calm demeanor, loves to snuggle, great around other dogs...
20/01/2025

👑 QUEEN 👑

You have to come meet this sweet girl! She has a super calm demeanor, loves to snuggle, great around other dogs, and did super well at her first adoption event with us this past Saturday.

🐾 1 year old, Spayed Female, around 42lbs
😍 Cutest spotted ears you’ll ever see
🦴 Walks well on a leash
🏠 Waiting patiently for a home of her own

All of our adoptable animals are spayed/neutered, up to date on all age appropriate vaccines and prevention, heartworm tested (dogs) and FeLV/FIV tested (cats), and microchipped!

To read more about Queen and our other adoptable animals visit our website at https://macsshelter.org/adoptions

Please share to help Queen find her new family!

20/01/2025

Remember Skweekers? ✨ This handsome boy came into our care unable to walk. His front and back legs were not functional however there appeared to be no apparent trauma. After a visit in our clinic, they took x-rays and started him on a steroid medication and we placed him into a foster home! His foster family loves him dearly but he is ready for his next step..finding his forever family! He’s around 1 year old, loves to play with the silliest personality, loves humans, gets along well with cats after a slow introduction. To apply to adopt and meet Skweekers please visit our website at: https://macsshelter.org/cat-application

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