NEWTON — Volunteers are hoping to find new homes Saturday for 12 of the 50 cats rescued from a Sussex County home around Christmas.

Thirty-eight of the cats have already been placed, Byram Animal Kindness Resvue Squad (BARKS) president Darlene O’Connell said Thursday.

Pet Smart in Newton is hosting an adoption event Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. as is Pet Goods in Roxbury during the same timeframe.

The cats were rescued from an undisclosed residence in Sussex County, over a period of about a week. All were described as slightly underweight, but otherwise in good health.

O’Connell said police were not notified because it did not appear that any of the pets were mistreated

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