BOSTON and Methuen, Mass. Oct. 4, 2018 – As officers from the Methuen Police Dept. stand guard, a police dog named “Ivan,” who served in the narcotics patrol unit of the Essex County Sheriff’s Dept. faithfully for the last five years before dying in March 2017, will be laid to rest tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. at the MSPCA’s Hillside Acre Cemetery in Methuen, Mass., the MSPCA-Angell announced today.

BOSTON and Methuen, Mass. Sept. 18, 2018 – While the majority of residents displaced by last week’s deadly Northern Massachusetts gas explosions have started to return home, the MSPCA-Nevins Farm has begun winding down its largest local disaster response operation in living memory, one that saw nearly 100 animals sheltered across the MSPCA network as entire towns evacuated.

BOSTON, Sept. 6, 2018 – Last month the MSPCA-Angell issued a call for help after a young Labrador puppy named “Hugo” was surrendered by a local breeder because of a heart defect that left him unable to eat.