MACS

About MACS

Since 1935, the Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society (MACS) has dedicated its efforts to providing refuge to stray, injured, and forgotten animals. We work to promote humane education and actively initiate affirmative legislative action. Each year, MACS investigates between 1,200 and 1,500 animal cruelty complaints and provides extensive sheltering organizations and pet adoption to the 13,000 animals who pass through the shelter doors. We never turn away an animal in need. For many animals, MACS is their only hope.

MACS is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit charity supported entirely by donations.

For the second year in a row, MACS is proud to have received a four star rating from Charity Navigator. Charity Navigator is America's premier independent charity evaluator. Click on the logo to review our four star rating.

MAKE IT A BE KIND TO ANIMALS WORLD

Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society

You Weren’t The One I Wanted

I wanted white and you were black,

I wanted obedient and that you lacked.

I wanted pure and you were mixed,

I wanted sweet and I got surly.

I wanted a girl, I got a boy,

I wanted to play, you shunned toys.

MACS has two rescue vans on the streets of Detroit five days a week. Our drivers perform hundreds of animal rescues, pick-ups and cruelty investigations each year.

Funding for MACS

The Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society is funded completely by private donations.

“MACS never turns any animal away or charges for the shelter and rescue pick up services we render to animals that cross our threshold if people cannot afford a donation.

MACS credo is ‘the animal comes first’ and we will continue to serve the Detroit community and environs with this service through the actions of your generous support.”

-Linda Tuttle, President

I wanted housetrained, that you weren’t,

My carpet you ruined, my lawn you burnt.

I wanted tall, you were compressed,

I wanted happy and you were depressed.

I wanted clever and you were not,

You ran away, but you were caught!

I wanted young and you were aged,

I tried crating, you hated cages.

I wanted healthy, you loved the vet,

You were the most impossible I’ve ever met.

I wanted this and you weren’t that,

I wanted slim and you got fat.

I cried the last time I kissed

That muzzle I didn’t know I’d miss.

You were as stubborn as a brick wall,

And you were the one I wanted after all.

- Jim Willis and Dudley

Rescue Vans

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