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Boston’s animal shelters adapt to pandemic, struggle with funding

Jesús Marrero Suárez April 29, 2021
Decreases in animal availability have come as the demand for adoptions increased with the pandemic.
Black bear sightings are up in Massachusetts as more people spend time at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. COURTESY OF PICKPIK

Bear sightings up in Massachusetts

Madison Mercado October 12, 2020
People might be hibernating during the pandemic, but local bears haven’t been staying at home.
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Angell is running a food drive for stray cats at the MSPCA Boston Adoption Center in Jamaica Plain and the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Back Bay through Nov. 24. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Local cats to feast this holiday season via ‘Catsgiving’ food drive

Chloe Liu November 22, 2019
Cats prowling the streets of Boston won't go hungry this holiday season. A Massachusetts non-profit is soliciting Thanksgiving food donations for local felines.
COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

EDITORIAL: Big E video reminds us that animal welfare isn’t secondary to human entertainment

Editors October 11, 2018

Those of us who watched the heart-wrenching movie “Dumbo” as kids know the perils suffered by circus animals at the hand of trainers and ringmasters. If you’ve been to the circus, the fair or...

Dogs and their owners stand outside the Somerville Theatre before the start of the “Isle of Dogs” film screening on Saturday. The event aimed to raise money for the MSPCA. PHOTO COURTESY MSPCA AT NEVINS FARM

Somerville Theatre fills aisles with dogs as owners watch ‘Isle of Dogs’

Jack Moriarity April 24, 2018

Dog barks erupted throughout Somerville Theatre Saturday as owners brought their pets to view Wes Anderson’s newest film “Isle of Dogs.” Whenever a dog on the screen barked, the dogs howled and...

Bill to prevent animal cruelty revised in house

Daily Free Press Admin April 27, 2014

Because April is Animal Cruelty Prevention Month, members of the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives gathered to revise a bill to ensure that the welfare and safety of animals remain a priority. The...

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