MSPCA to close at the end of the month

SPRINGFIELD,Mass. (WWLP) - Springfield's MSPCA shelter closes at the end of the month, sparking concern where hundreds of homeless animals will go.

22News uncovers fears that many animals will be abandoned to roam the streets.
 

Carmela as she has been christened was brought in shivering from the cold and snow on Monday to the MSPCA Animal
Care & Adoption Center.

She was found on Taylor Street. She ran into the parking lot of a nearby gas station where a car nearly backed over her.

We scooped her up wet and shivering and brought her to the MSPCA
 

With the upcoming closing of the MSPCA there will be more Carmela's roaming the streets, Many pet owners who have adopted at the MSPCA are upset that in the future more animals may be abandoned on the street.

The Thomas J. O'Connor Animal Control and Adoption Center is run by the City of Springfield It had been ordered to cut it's budget by close to $100,000 for the remainder of this fiscal year.

22News spoke to Mayor Sarno's communications director Tom Walsh who told us that that was decided before the MSPCA announced it's closing.

He said they're looking at how to deal with the increase in animals, O'Connor will see.

And people are asking what they can do to help the O'Connor Center, they need volunteers and money.

They have a separate foundation that your donation can go to--and it will go directly to animal care if you mark it that way. It will not go into city funds.