MSPCA-Angell

Princess Loo was adopted by a woman named Donna who lives in western Massachusetts, MSPCA officials said Monday.

Seventy-five cats and dogs were evacuated from Louisiana to Massachusetts on Saturday as Hurricane Ida approached the Gulf Coast. The pets included 36 dogs and 39 cats, according to MSPCA-Angell. There were 20 puppies and a 13-year-old poodle named Bronx who was living at Jefferson Animal Welfare Services’ shelter just outside New Orleans. The transport of these animals to Massachusetts…

Three dogs seized in a large-scale animal cruelty case in South Carolina have arrived in Massachusetts and will soon need homes. The dogs — two beagles and a hound mix — were part of a group of 20 dogs sent to the Northeastern Animal Shelter and MSPCA-Angell from the Charleston Animal Society in South Carolina. According to the groups, the…

MSPCA-Angell and Northeast Animal Shelter are help raise money to save adorable Georgia transplant Bradley. The three-month-old pit bull mix puppy has come so far — but his most dangerous journey is still ahead of him.

Dozens of sugar gliders, a kind of adorable flying possum, are in need of new homes after being relinquished to a Boston-area organization. The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Angell on Friday said the 44 sugar gliders were surrendered from a home in Hampshire County after the owner found it overwhelming to care for them once they…

Twenty cats and one dog were rescued from what was described as a “hoarding house” in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood on July 31, MSPCA-Angell announced Wednesday. The animal shelter said that Boston animal control officers removed the cats and dogs from the home after the owner voluntarily surrendered them. The unidentified owner will not face charges. “This is one of those…

Thirty chickens have been rescued from squalid conditions on a property in Middleboro, Massachusetts, the MSPCA said Friday. The chickens — 14 roosters and 16 hens — were kept in cramped, dirty pet carriers without access to fresh water and food, the MSPCA said. Some suffered from overgrown spurs, bacterial infections and lice. The chickens were voluntarily surrendered by the…

The story of a pit bull that nearly died of heatstroke this month after being abandoned at an MPSCA animal hospital was being shared as a warning to put owners amid a local heatwave Tuesday. MSPCA-Angell offered tips on how to keep pets safe in extreme heat and said that the 3-year-old pit bull, Rocco, is up for adoption from…

The MSPCA is looking for a forever home for a 53-year-old tortoise whose owner recently died of the novel coronavirus. “Ms. Jennifer” has been under the care of MSPCA staffers since May 9, after her owner was admitted to the hospital. Ms. Jennifer weighs in at just four pounds, making her the perfect size for any pet lover, the group…

Twenty-seven malnourished animals, including 18 goats and nine dogs, were seized from a home in Freetown, Massachusetts, by law enforcement officials on Wednesday. MSPCA-Angell’s law enforcement department and the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office took custody of the animals. The owner, 21-year-old Miranda Rosyski of Freetown, will be arraigned on 13 counts of animal cruelty in Fall River District Court…