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An exotic cat found wandering in Massachusetts needs some help. The African serval was discovered by a homeowner in Lincoln last week and has been receiving treatment at the MSPCA. But the organization says the animal, who they have dubbed Bruno, needs surgery to amputate one of his hind legs, which is severely damaged. It’s not known how long...

The serval cat found wandering in Lincoln is native to Africa and it is illegal to own one as a a pet in Massacusetts.

The serval cat, which is native to Africa, was found roaming in Lincoln. He is now recovering at the MSPCA.

What a homeowner in Lincoln, Massachusetts, thought might be a stray cat was far from it. It wound up being a serval cat, which is now recuperating at the MSPCA. With the cold weather, the MSPCA was glad to save this wild animal that usually calls Africa home. “He loves meow mix, but this is no house cat,” said Alyssa…

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

A dog that was found abandoned inside a port-a-potty at a Brookline, Massachusetts, construction site earlier this month has found her forever home — just in time for the holidays. “From porta-potty to treats and folly: ‘Princess Loo’ has been adopted,’ MSPCA Angell said on Twitter. “After hundreds (and hundreds) of inquiries, one of our most famous residents is now…

Local dog owners gathered together Saturday at a ‘pawliday’ party in Quincy, to give back to the Quincy Animal Shelter and the MSPCA, during what’s often one of their busiest seasons. Instead of a Ho, Ho, Ho, it was a bark, bark, bark at the Victory Point Restaurant in Marina Bay in Quincy, where there was even a holiday dog...

The MSPCA and Northeast Animal Shelter expect to hold an adoption special for the cats early next week.

Kentucky is looking to make room for an anticipated influx of strays following this weekend’s storms.

One hundred cats arrived in Massachusetts on Wednesday, hoping to find their forever homes in the Bay State as Kentucky shelters seek to clear room for other animals in the wake of deadly tornadoes that blew through parts of the South and Midwest last weekend. The cats were taken from the Kentucky Humane Society in Louisville, loaded onto a charter…

Police in Brookline are looking for the person who abandoned a corgi in a box inside a port-a-potty.

A dog was found abandoned inside a port-a-potty at a Brookline, Massachusetts, construction site Thursday night, animal rescue officials said. The corgi mix was taped into a box but had managed to get her head and two front legs free. After she was found, she was taken to the MSPCA Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston, where staff found she…

Sheep lovers, this is your time: 18 sheep are waiting to find a new home in Massachusetts. The MSPCA announced Friday it has received one of its largest sheep surrenders at Nevins Farm in Methuen. Sixteen Icelandic sheep and two Shetland sheep were brought in earlier this week and they are waiting to be adopted. The animals, described as “friendly,…

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…

More than 100 kittens from Louisiana are available for adoption after their flight landed in New Bedford, Massachusetts Tuesday. The felines were previously living in shelters, including the St. Charles Parish Animal Shelter in New Orleans and Acadiana Animal Aid in Lafayette and Cara’s House in Sorrento, according to the MSPCA in Boston and Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem, Massachusetts….

A man was arrested on suspicion of torturing several cats in Cambridge, killing one of them. Police believe the man was luring neighborhood cats to his house.

A Massachusetts man has been arrested in connection with attacks on multiple cats in Cambridge, including one that was fatal, authorities said. A landlord and maintenance man said that video shared with NBC10 Boston shows a trail of cat food they say the man who was arrested left behind to lure cats into his first-floor apartment to abuse them. It…

Police in Framingham, Massachusetts are seeking information from the public after two dogs were found abandoned outside of a school. Police say a few Good Samaritans found the dogs shortly before 10 a.m. on Wednesday at Brophy Elementary School and reported it to police. The dogs, which appear to be a Shiba Inu and a Pomeranian type mix, had been…

MSPCA officers believe three cases of cat abuse in Cambridge, Massachusetts could be related.

MSPCA officers believe three cases of cat abuse in Cambridge, Massachusetts could be related. The non-profit organization is now offering a $2,500 reward for information that leads to an animal cruelty conviction in the latest case. A six-year-old cat named Gosha, whose brutal death has been under investigation, had 11 BBs removed from his body and was burned as well. Gosha…