BOSTON — A homeless young cat was to undergo lifesaving surgery on Wednesday at Angell Animal Medical Center, MSPCA-Angell announced earlier in the week.

The roughly year-old domestic shorthair known as Meadow was transferred to MSPCA-Angell at Nevins Farm in Methuen on Sept. 22. She had been abandoned outside the shelter in a carrier with her kittens, but at that time, no one knew the danger lurking in her own heart.

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