Public transit-accessible animal shelters

[topoisomerase2b.livejournal.com]

I want to volunteer at an animal shelter or rescue and maybe eventually do some fostering. I live on the Medford/Somerville border and don't have access to a car. Any local recommendations?

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[justphoenix.livejournal.com]

It's not exactly close, but I live in West Somerville and volunteer at Ellen Gifford Cat Shelter in Brighton. It's just a couple blocks away from the Boston College T stop. They're no kill, cageless and take a decent number of hard luck cases.

[frotz.livejournal.com]

Pets in Need is or was in Somerville itself (2 Bradley St. in Winter Hill), but their web site (as I write this at least) at animal-adoptions.org comes up blank. Here's some press coverage from late last year:

http://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/54276

They're across the street from a stop for the 80 bus and not too far from various Broadway and Highland buses.

[erlala.livejournal.com]

Pets in Need is still around: I just adopted a cat from them couple of weeks ago, although not from the Somerville location. I am a HUGE fan, and they are the shelter I have gone to for cat adoptions in the past as well. I know they were having trouble with their website, and it does seem to be completely down now (although it was working as recently as a week or two ago). They had a FB page too, but that also does not seem to be working. The woman that runs it is name Keri, and she can be reached at keri@[website URL listed above].

update on Pets in Need

[erlala.livejournal.com]

I just got an email from Pets in Need with the update that is posted here: http://www.gofundme.com/helpgetmydreamback. And there is now a link to this page on the Pets in Need website. Now it makes sense why the website was down. :( I hope they can work through their issues, because I really like them.

[aurewl.livejournal.com]

This post reminds me I have two clean med/large size dog beds I've been meaning to find a good home for, preferably at an organization in need. In addition to volunteering, does anyone know of public transit accessible organizations that take donations?

[thepastperfect]

The MSPCA in Jamaica Plain does. It's right on the 39 bus route, and near (though a bit of a walk from) the Heath Street stop on the green line E.

[scf21.livejournal.com]

If you're interested in fostering, you can contact Black Cat Rescue: susanna@blackcatrescue.com.
blackcatrescue.com
facebook.com/blackcatrescue

[bettyw.livejournal.com]

Kitty Connection works out of a home in Medford behind the mall, so walkable from Medford Sq. They are always looking for foster homes since they don't have a shelter per se.

[jesseh.livejournal.com]

I just adopted a cat from Broken Tail Rescue, which has some cats in the PetSmart at Fresh Pond. It's all volunteer, I believe, and they have some cats fostered in homes as well, so you could start with a shift or two at the store and work your way up.