Rescued Cats From Hurricane-Ravaged St. John Ready To Adopt

MASSACHUSETTS—Last week, The MSPCA-Angell in Boston took in 34 cats from the St. John Animal Care Center on the smallest of the three U.S. Virgin Islands devastated when category 5 storm Hurricane Irma barreled through on Sept. 6, clocking wind gusts of up to 200 miles per hour.

The homeless kitties were in shelters before the storm and the island shelter staff worried that these cats would "languish indefinitely" in the tiny island shelter.

The cats arrived on Oct. 2, and spent the first two days in isolation at MSPCA's Nevins Farm in Methuen.

Those cats are now deemed healthy and ready for adoption.

Dr. Lisa Moses of the MSPCA's Angell Animal Medical Center performed health checks on all of the cats at the MSPCA-Nevins Farm in Methuen on Friday.

The MSPCA said that about 25 cats are ready for adoption this weekend (the rest have some minor medical needs that the MSPCA must address first) and then the cats will be subdivided among the MSPCA's three adoption centers in Methuen, Boston and Centerville on Cape Cod.

Adopters can find the shelter closest to them by clicking here.

According to the announcement, MSPCA's director of adoption centers and programs, Mike Keiley, said that while these cats appear very healthy and are sociable and friendly, not much else is known about them-so the MSPCA will be less equipped than usual to advise on issues such as how well they get along with dogs, their history living with kids, and other concerns.

"Every empty cage is an opportunity for us to help the next homeless cat," he said in a statement.

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