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Friday, October 12, 2012

[VIDEO] Feline Fridays Friend of the Week: Sierra

This week's cat up for adoption.

Every week, Feline Fridays will feature a special cat or kitten from Nine Lives cat shelter who needs a home. This week the video features Skittles. Nine Lives will hold a yard sale fundraiser at the shelter Saturday, Oct. 13, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.  For more information stop by Saturdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. or Sundays 1 to 5 p.m., call 508-285-5159 or email ninelivesofnorton@yahoo.com.

Friday, October 5, 2012

FELINE FRIDAYS

[VIDEO] Feline Fridays Friend of the Week: Skittles

This week's cat up for adoption.

Every week, Feline Fridays will feature a special cat or kitten from Nine Lives cat shelter who needs a home. This week the video features Skittles. Nine Lives will hold a yard sale fundraiser at the shelter Saturday, Oct. 13, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.  For more information stop by Saturdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. or Sundays 1 to 5 p.m., call 508-285-5159, visit www.ninelivesofnorton.org or email ninelivesofnorton@yahoo.com.

Friday, September 28, 2012

FELINE FRIDAYS

[VIDEO] Feline Fridays Friend of the Week: Mr. Snuggles

This week's cat up for adoption.

Every week, Feline Fridays will feature a special cat or kitten from Nine Lives cat shelter who needs a home. This week the video features Mr. Snuggles. Nine Lives will hold a yard sale fundraiser at the shelter Saturday, Oct. 13, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. They will also have a craft table at the Lakeville Arts and Music Festival Saturday, Sept. 29 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information stop by Saturdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., call 508-285-5159, visit www.ninelivesofnorton.org or email ninelivesofnorton@yahoo.com.

Friday, September 21, 2012

FELINE FRIDAYS

VIDEO: Feline Fridays Friend of the Week: Jake

This week's cat up for adoption.

Every week, Feline Fridays will feature a special cat or kitten from Nine Lives cat shelter who needs a home. This week the video features Jake. Nine Lives is also collecting gently used shoes. This is a fundraiser to benefit the shelter. Shoes can be dropped off during shelter hours Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.  For more information call 508-285-5159 or email ninelivesofnorton@yahoo.com.

Friday, August 31, 2012

FELINE FRIDAYS

[VIDEO] Feline Fridays Friend of the Week: Dallas

This week's cat up for adoption at Nine Lives.

Every week, Feline Fridays will feature a special cat or kitten from Nine Lives cat shelter who needs a home. This week the video features Dallas. Dallas is under socialized and needs a special forever home. He is currently taking medication to help him combat a respiratory virus.  For more information stop by Saturdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., call 508-285-5159, visit www.ninelivesofnorton.org or email ninelivesofnorton@yahoo.com.

Friday, August 3, 2012

FELINE FRIDAYS

Feline Fridays Friend of the Week: Romeo and Cody [VIDEO]

Two cats up for adoption this week at Nine Lives.

Every week, Feline Fridays will feature a special cat or kitten from Nine Lives cat shelter who needs a home. This week the video features Romeo and Cody. For more information stop by Saturdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., call 508-285-5159, visit www.ninelivesofnorton.org or email ninelivesofnorton@yahoo.com.

Friday, July 27, 2012

FELINE FRIDAYS

Feline Fridays Friend of the Week: Lani [VIDEO]

This week's cat up for adoption.

Every week, Feline Fridays will feature a special cat or kitten from Nine Lives cat shelter who needs a home. This week the video features Lani. For more information stop by Saturdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., call 508-285-5159, visit www.ninelivesofnorton.org or email ninelivesofnorton@yahoo.com.

Friday, July 20, 2012

FELINE FRIDAYS

Feline Fridays Friend of the Week: Mr. Snuggles [VIDEO]

This week's cat up for adoption.

Every week, Feline Fridays will feature a special cat or kitten from Nine Lives cat shelter who needs a home. This week the video features Mr. Snuggles. For more information stop by Saturdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., call 508-285-5159, visit www.ninelivesofnorton.org or email ninelivesofnorton@yahoo.com.

Friday, July 13, 2012

FELINE FRIDAYS

Feline Fridays Friend of the Week: Ruthanne [VIDEO]

This week's cat up for adoption.

Every week, Feline Fridays will feature a special cat or kitten from Nine Lives cat shelter who needs a home. This week the video features Ruthanne. A concerned cat lover called the shelter when they saw Ruthanne wandering around. She was homeless and had a family on the way. Two of her three surviving kittens have found good homes. The third will require a surgery. She is living at the shelter now and looking for her next home.  For more information stop by Saturdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., call 508-285-5159, visit www.ninelivesofnorton.org or email ninelivesofnorton@yahoo.com.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Animal Abandonment a Problem in Area Towns

Nine Lives resident Harry left in tote during rainy weather.

On a rainy Wednesday, it was by sheer luck that the morning volunteer at Nine Lives saw the blue tote with holes punched in it. The container was beside a mailbox, which the shelter no longer uses, so no one would have checked for mail. Inside the tote was a gray striped cat, wet and cold, much like the towels and food inside with him. Had the rain been relentless, the situation could have ended up much worse. Animal abandonment is a crime in Massachusetts, but according to Diane Saunders, a volunteer at Taunton Animal Care Facility, it happens more often than it should, and prosecution is rare since abandonment is usually done at night and people are not identified. The staff at Nine Lives suspect that the owner of the striped cat, now …

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