Pets in limbo

Mass. has no legal provisions for care once owner dies

By Pamela H. Sacks TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
psacks@telegram.com

Diane Sullivan is devoted to her dogs, Winnie and Whitey, and she’s counting on her brother to give them a home if anything should happen to her and her boyfriend...

Ms. Sullivan is a professor of animal law at the Massachusetts School of Law. She knows that, as a Massachusetts resident, she is limited in what she can do to protect Winnie and Whitey if she should become incapacitated or die.

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