Bloomfield Cat Rescue Prepares To Bid Town Farewell

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — It’s been almost two years since plans were first set in motion, but the Homeless Animal Adoption League (HAAL) is almost set for its move to Clifton. On Monday, the "no-kill, all volunteer" nonprofit cat shelter – which rescues, rehabilitates and finds loving adoptive families for felines in New Jersey – announced that Saturday, Nov. 18 and Sunday, Nov. 19 will be its last public hours in Bloomfield.

Closing the Bloomfield location to public hours will give HAAL much-needed time to move equipment and supplies to the new building in preparation of a final relocation for its cats, staff said.

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The organization has been renting a space in Bloomfield for the last 15 years, but its lease ended in 2016, leaving it on a month-to-month basis “with absolutely no protection,” HAAL staff previously stated.

A "special donor" helped the group purchase a building in Clifton, and the nonprofit received approval from Clifton town officials to move to the new "permanent home" from its current space in Bloomfield, HAAL staff said.

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