Why doesn’t Waltham Animal Control have a policy to take stray cats?
Under Massachusetts General Laws, municipalities are only obligated to impound dogs and to hold them for ten (10) days. Currently, there is no statutory obligation for municipalities to house cats. The City of Waltham no longer operates an impoundment facility and has contracted out it’s impoundment with the Belmont Animal Hospital. For housing stray cats the City of Waltham incurs the financial obligation of housing the felines. In the best interest of placing cats in facilities that will actively attempt adopting them out we currently enlist the services of agencies such as The thecatconnection.org and The Charles River Feline Association.
