CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - The MSPCA is calling for adopters as capacity across its four shelters is stretched thin following a series of sizeable surrenders.

The influx began in late July and has continued through August, starting with the surrender of more than 50 cats from a single home in Norfolk County.

They are now in a new space at the MSPCA Cape Cod Adoption Center. In early August, the organization also took in dozens of animals—25 cats, six dogs, four rabbits, two geckos, two aquatic turtles, one tortoise, and one chinchilla—from a single home in Berkshire County as part of an ongoing law enforcement investigation.

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