Critter and Catfish celebrated their first birthday on March 1, at the Marblehead Animal Shelter. The shelter has been their home since they were rescued from a woodchuck hole in Lynn last June. Since then, they've seen their siblings and their mom get adopted. C & C got adopted, too, but their stay in the free world was cut short when their owner decided they we were too rambunctious. C & C were so happy to be out of the joint that they ran around and knocked over a few lamps and a television. We hope it was a miniature television. In any event they've been on a kitty behavior modification …

Meet Snuggles at the Marblehead Animal Shelter.  Snuggles is about 3 years old and has been at the shelter since the end of last month when his owner, who went into a nursing home, could no longer care for him.  The pretty short-hair had a hard time adjusting to caged life among a crew of fellow homeless kitties. Going from a stable happy home to a shelter is a shock to many cats and some of them get down in the dumps. That means they tend to isolate and shy away from contact and do not have an appetite, says Marblehead Animal Control Officer Betsy Cruger. Snuggles is slowly adjusting to his …

Meet Henry Blanc at the Marblehead Animal Shelter.  Henry is about 1 year old and has been at the shelter since January when he was rescued from a home where he wasn't treated well. He has wobbly cat syndrome, a neurological disorder. But Henry doesn't get what all the fuss is about. He doesn't think anything is wrong with him. He is an affable, housebroken cat. He gets a bit chippy with other cats — is likely to swipe a paw in their face — so Henry should probably be the only cat in the house. Meet Henry in our video and see photos of other cats at the shelter, too. As of this week there …