FOUND Light Orange Tabby CAT - W. Somerville / N. Cambridge line

[chameleon-mama.livejournal.com]

Is this your cat hanging out on our porch for the past two nights, or do you know someone missing him??? He is a healthy-looking, friendly, medium-to-large sized short-hair with light orange/buff tabby (striped) coloring and yellow eyes. Has a black collar but no tags. Well-fed, obviously has a home somewhere but he seems to think that he is lost or doesn't know his way back to it.

We found him loitering on our porch on Cameron Avenue at the West Somerville / North Cambridge line. He's been lingering since 9:00PM on Saturday 11/16.

Please call or email if you are missing him. We absolutely cannot keep him and will have to contact animal control if he is not claimed soon, as our land-lord has forbidden any more animals on the property.
305-849-0968 or rebecca.feinberg79@gmail.com

The Mayor's War on Rats!

[bobobb.livejournal.com]

Apparently my house wasn't the only one to be hit by rats last year....and now the mayor has responded with a rather cool initiative.

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/somerville/2013/11/somerville_mayor_declares_war_on_rats.html

"The city is preparing a new program to offer free rodent control for homeowners and aims to launch a uniform residential trash barrel program to help keep rats from eating out of trash cans."

Also apparently looking into rat birth control...