Animals are being neglected and euthanized at an alarming rate. The public is being given the impression that the animals they bring there will be cared for and eventually adopted out, this is often not the case. The public is being told it is a no kill shelter also, when it is in fact a high kill shelter. Rescues are trying to help animals in need and meeting opposition from the director and in many cases these animals are dying. A specific account of this occurred Monday May 7th when a cat under the care of Macomb County Animal Shelter had a litter of kittens in its cage. Two rescues were told that the mother and babies could not be pulled unitl the following day, Tuesday May 8th, because the mother was on "stray hold".The rescues pleaded to remove at least the kittens and place them in rescue immediately, as it was witnessed that the cat in the cage with said babies was not nursing them. The babies were hours old, cold, and laying on a metal cage floor. They refused to help. The next day one of the rescues came to pull the mom and babies out, as the "stray hold" had expired. They were told all the babies had died. When they asked to pull at least the mother, the rescue was told several cats were held together in one cage when the mother gave birth, they believed they had chosen the correct cat to place with the babies but later realized she was not the mother. This is why she was not nursing. Four different kittens were then pulled by the rescue. 2 of the 4 kittens had fecal matter so impacted on their rectums that the weight has torn the internal muscle tissue on one kitten, and it can no longer control its bowels. PLEASE help us stop this neglegent behavior!