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"If the cats get up the nerve to leave the house, maybe we can catch them," she said.

Gould's story was all too familiar to Laurie McMannon, manager of the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem, who stood outside Town Hall yesterday collecting names and descriptions of missing cats.

"This is huge," she said. "These people, they need help. They want to find their pets. They're dealing with all these other things, between losing their belongings and possibly their house, but on top of that, their living beings."

McMannon urged anyone who finds a lost cat to first contact the Danvers police, then call the Danvers Animal Hospital and Northeast Animal Shelter. The shelters anticipate they will be housing many cats, lost and not, as displaced residents work out their living arrangements.

Not every story yesterday was a sad one, however. Standing outside Town Hall in her pajamas and sandals, Jen Lynch of 12 Bates Ave. received a phone call that her cat, Luna, had been rescued by a Peabody firefighter.

"I'm happy," she said. "I haven't seen him yet, but it's the one thing I've got."

HOW YOU CAN HELP

r If you think you may have found a lost cat, contact the Danvers police at 978-774-1212.

r If you would like to help, contact the Danvers Animal Hospital at 978-774-0045 or the Northeast Animal Shelter at 978-745-9888.

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