by Ecosystem Intelligence Desk | Oct 29, 2026 | Pet News
Commuters heading home through downtown Boston this afternoon will find a different kind of rush hour outside Park Street Station. From 4 to 6 p.m. today, Thursday, Oct. 29, the MBTA and the Animal Rescue League of Boston are rebranding the historic stop as...
by Ecosystem Intelligence Desk | Oct 28, 2026 | Pet News
Two state lines apart, the message from health officials this week was the same: rabies is active in southern New England wildlife, and dogs are often the first to find it. The Town of Dartmouth has alerted residents to a rabid raccoon, and Rhode Island has now...
by Ecosystem Intelligence Desk | Oct 26, 2026 | Pet News
Three things land in a row for Boston households this week: Halloween on Saturday, Oct. 31, the end of daylight saving time early Sunday, Nov. 1, and an Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3, that includes a statewide question on recreational marijuana sales. Each one...
by Ecosystem Intelligence Desk | Oct 25, 2026 | Pet News
Sunday, Oct. 25, is the final day of “Love is Fee-Waived,” a three-day push by MSPCA-Angell and five Massachusetts shelter partners to waive adoption fees for every dog one year and older, at a moment when dog adoptions across the organization are running...
by Ecosystem Intelligence Desk | Oct 24, 2026 | Pet News
Boston’s largest dog costume parade returns to Downtown Crossing on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, from noon to 3 p.m., with the National Weather Service forecasting a sunny, 58-degree afternoon followed by the season’s first patchy frost overnight, a...
by Ecosystem Intelligence Desk | Oct 16, 2026 | Fenway the Pup, Pet News
Eighty-four cats are getting a second chance this week in Greater Boston, and many of them will need someone to take them home. MSPCA-Angell says it took in the cats from a home in Reading after the woman who lived there, a veterinary technician who fostered cats, was...
