BOSTON and Methuen, Mass. May 16, 2019 – Three-year-old “Blue”—an adorable dusty-brown Bloodhound and prized member of the Billerica, Mass. police dept.’s K9 Unit—was on the verge of being assigned a new handler last month when tragedy struck in the form of a lethal cancer that would cost him his job, and possibly his life.

BOSTON, May 15, 2019 – The MSPCA-Angell’s Fast and Furriest Run, Walk, Wag 5K is expected to draw some 1,500 runners and walkers—and hundreds of dogs—to Baxter Park at Assembly Row in Somerville, Mass. for the fourth annual fun run on Sunday, May 19th.

BOSTON, May 8, 2019—The MSPCA-Angell applauds last night’s passage of Topsfield Warrant Article 33, a citizen’s petition to prohibit wild or exotic animals in traveling exhibits and circuses inside the town lines. The vote passed with strong support despite a vigorous debate, and protects a wide swath of species from the abuse and exploitation inherent to circuses and traveling exhibits.