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Free this weekend? The Burlington County Animal Shelter is now open on Saturdays and Sundays, from noon to 4 p.m., without appointments.

For the past two weeks, fans of Stepan, a 13-year-old black-and-brown-striped cat based in Kharkiv, Ukraine, have been in anguish. They've refreshed the cat's Instagram and TikTok feeds (screen name loveyoustepan) and begged for updates in the comments since the accounts went quiet on March 3, as Russia continued its invasion of Ukraine.