Dogs

Michigan’s longest dog sled race has been canceled for the first time in history.The Upper Peninsula Dog Sled Association announced today the UP200 - along with its Midnight Run and Jack Pine 30 - are all canceled due to poor weather conditions.Association President Darlene Walch said days of warm weather and rain showers last night melted too much snow on sections of the 220-mile track.

Dale Bryant says his dog King was tangled in a lead line and could have been injured. So he called 911. The city took his dog, and he fought for four months to get him back.

After the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Lab confirmed the parvo-like illness impacting dozens of dogs in northern Michigan was parvovirus, a new set of questions emerged: Is it a new strain of the virus? Why did so many dogs test negative when they were in fact positive?

The Michigan State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory says their testing has confirmed the illness is parvovirus and that initial testing was not as precise for detecting the virus.

At least 30 dogs have died from the virus. Many of them were puppies or young dogs not up to date on their vaccinations.

Last month, a federal judge ordered the release of 4,000 beagles from a Virginia research and breeding facility after violating federal regulations. The Humane Society of Midland County offered to help and took in 50 of the beagles to find new homes.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed allowing handlers to brings service dogs in training into more public spaces.

An official legal opinion from Attorney General Dana Nessel says the state has not complied with a 1978 law that requires it create a registry and safety rules for medical tests on animals.

A bipartisan group of eleven Michigan state lawmakers is asking Wayne State University to end what they call “invasive” and “disturbing” experiments on dogs.Wayne State has done heart research on dogs for 30 years. The experiments involve surgically implanting devices to induce heart failure, and other devices to induce hypertension.

The Bay City Animal Shelter recently hosted a guest in unusual circumstances with the dog Benny. Benny himself isn’t too out of the ordinary, Jo Bollman,…