By Elaine De Valle (aka, Ladra) May 19, 2023 – published here on Political Cortadito

Remember the Pets’ Trust?

A whopping 64% of us approved this initiative on a non-binding ballot question in 2012. It aimed to direct budget dollars for animal services to a massive spay and neuter program to take care of the stray and abandoned dogs and cats that are overpopulating, particularly in the southwestern part of Miami-Dade. The Miami-Dade Commission and then-mayor Carlos Gimenez decided to ignore us.…

Click here to read the rest of this blog post.

On March 7, 2023, Michael Rosenberg was asked to speak to the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) where he emphasized the importance of preventing stray and abandoned animals from reproducing by increasing spay and neuter surgeries fourfold. Thanks to Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins for inviting Michael and then for leading the BCC in a much needed discussion on animal welfare. You can watch Michael’s speech here:

Later that same day Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins led the other Commissioners, Mayor Cava and Animal Services Director Bronwyn Stanford in a discussion about our County’s animal overpopulation problem.…

Click here to read the rest of this blog post.

Filmmaker Cristian Ruben took his camera to the Redland knowing that with so much open space and hidden back roads, it is an easy place to dump one’s dog. He quickly found one that would tell his story.   Rocky (as we named him) was sitting on a corner waiting.   Yes, waiting.  Waiting for his owner that threw him away to come back.  Waiting and waiting, not moving from the spot.   (Ironically, if we were to take Rocky to the shelter, they would tell us to take him back where we found him in hopes the owner would come back! …

Click here to read the rest of this blog post.

Written By Michael Rosenberg, michael@petstrustmiami.com – Published in the Miami Herald, February 3, 2023

After reading Doug Hanks’ Jan. 25 front-page story, “No room in the kennel,” I am not going to say, “We told you so.” However, after observing Miami-Dade Animal Services for the past 10 years, it confirms that, when almost 500,000 Miami-Dade County residents voted for the Pets’ Trust in 2012 (nearly 65% of the voters), we know what needs to be done.…

Click here to read the rest of this blog post.

Published: October 8, 2012 at 2:54 PM
>

The Pets’ Trust raises awareness for adoption, initiative on November 6 ballot

MEDLEY, Fla. – A South Florida man ended his weekend-long sit-in inside an animal cage on Sunday. Michael Rosenberg had been locked up at Miami-Dade Animal Services since Friday, as he tried to raise support for an initiative that’s on the November 6 ballot in Miami-Dade County.

Rosenberg, the President of The Pets’ Trust, spent three days and two nights inside a small space at the end of a row of chain link cages.…

Click here to read the rest of this blog post.

Published: October 5, 2012 at 6:15 PM

The Pets’ Trust raises awareness for adoption, initiative on November 6 ballot

MEDLEY, Fla. – A South Florida man began his stay locked in a cage at Miami-Dade Animal Services to draw attention and support for an initiative that’s on the Nov. 6 ballot in Miami-Dade County.

Michael Rosenberg, the President of The Pets’ Trust, was booked into the animal shelter at 2 p.m. Friday as a 5-year-old male coyote.…

Click here to read the rest of this blog post.

October 5, 2012 7:05 PM

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A Kendall businessman is putting the spotlight on South Florida’s homeless pet crisis by spending the weekend in a cage at Miami-Dade Animal Services.

Michael Rosenberg is the founder of Pets’ Trust Miami and will spend the weekend in a cage on behalf of the Pets’ Trust Initiative which is on the November 6^th ballot.

He was surrendered, just like thousands of unwanted pets each year, into a cage at 5:00 p.m.…

Click here to read the rest of this blog post.