Overview
- The emergency event runs Friday and Saturday across MSPCA shelters in Boston/Jamaica Plain, Salem, Methuen and Centerville.
- This action follows court surrenders this week of 149 animals from two law-enforcement cases, allowing placement in shelters.
- Investigations seized 24 dogs and two cats in Winchendon on Aug. 29, with seven puppies later born in foster care, and 116 mostly farm birds from a Plympton property on Sept. 23.
- MSPCA law enforcement reported probable cause of cruelty, citing unsanitary conditions and inadequate access to food and water at both locations.
- The organization reports 245 seized animals in three months, including nearly 40 dogs, and says adoption fees given under the pay-what-you-can model will support ongoing rehoming.