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Bedford shelter plans move, praises staff response to large cat seizure with reported 100% live-release

Bedford Animal Services Board · February 16, 2026
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Board heard that staff executed a multi-animal seizure in Bedford, taking about 36 cats (35 sent to rescue, one kept for adoption) and reporting a 100% live-release rate; staff also said they aim to begin shared operations at a Ulysses location March 1 pending approvals.

Shelter staff told the Bedford Animal Services Board on Feb. 16 that a recent large-scale cat seizure in Bedford resulted in about 36 cats being removed from a house and that coordinating agencies and rescue partners secured almost all animals for placement.

"We had a 100% live release rate on all the animals that came in from that house," a staff member said,…

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