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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Meet Oakland County's New Animal Control Manager

Robert Gatt will manage the largest public animal shelter in the county.

  After nearly a decade under the leadership of Larry Obrecht, Oakland County is turning to an established law enforcement veteran to run the county's animal control operations. Robert Gatt, the mayor of Novi, was recently tapped by Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson to take over for the retired Obrecht, who became the manager of the Oakland County Pet Adoption/Animal Control Shelter in 2003, according to a news release. Read Obrecht's goodbye piece: For Oakland County Animal Control Manager, Each Day Has Been a Privilege Gatt was chief of field operations for Oakland County’s Community Corrections Division since 2002. He began his career in law enforcement in 1975 as a patrol officer for the Novi Police Department, and in 1988 …

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Girl, 6, Hospitalized After Pit Bull Attack in Rochester Hills

The incident happened Saturday night at a home on Auburn Road.

A 6-year-old Rochester Hills girl was hospitalized Saturday night after a pit bull bit her in the face and thigh. According to a report from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, the girl was conscious and breathing but bleeding and in "severe pain" when deputies responded to the home in the 1000 block of West Auburn Road around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The homeowner told sheriff's deputies the pit bull was a rescue dog. The girl was transported to Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak; Rochester Patch was awaiting an update on her condition Sunday. Oakland County Animal Control removed the dog from the home, according to the sheriff's report.

Norman Grimm

1:28 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Jane Clark, Brett, and Kristin Drummlesmith ...OBVIOUSLY there is still a lot of ignorant people like you not just in this State but the whole planet EDUCATE DON'T HATE ... all of you have not even stop and think what really happen children and vicious not just dogs l raised plenty of kids and l know how they can be and when it comes to dogs no matter what breed and the dogs do something like …   more ›

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