9 Tips to Keep Your Pets Safe in the Winter

We love our cats and dogs, and with these common sense rules, you can help avoid tragedy.

The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) offers these tips to make sure your pets are kept safe during extreme winter conditions. Keep your pets warm and indoors. As always cats should stay inside. Since cats left outdoors may stay warm in car wheel wells or under hoods, you should awake any sleeping animals by wrapping on your car hood before starting the engine. Trips outside should remain short during the winter months. While dogs need outdoor exercise, lengthy walks can prove harmful especially when wind chill is a factor. Dogs should remain leashed and supervised when outdoors throughout the year. However in the winter do not bring them near bodies of water even if they appear frozen. Shorthaired dogs…

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Pet of the Week

Affectionate Garfield is Our Pet of the Week

You can adopt this cat and other pets from Animal Rescue Rescue League Boston today.

Garfield is an affectionate and very handsome seven-year-old neutered male cat who was brought to the Animal Rescue League of Boston  because his owner became too ill to care for him. He enjoys being with people and is a wonderful lap cat. He can be playful but is a lower energy cat that would make a great companion for his new owner. Garfield definitely prefers human companionship to that of the feline variety, but with Garfield, one is all you need. Come visit and take Garfield home today!  For more information on Garfield or any of the other animals currently residing at the Animal Rescue League of Boston, please contact us at(617) 226-5602. The Animal Rescue League of Boston is open Tuesday through Thursday 1-7 p.m. & Friday through …

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