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Shelter cats named ‘Matt’ and ‘Murdoch’ adopted by Hazlett man named Matt Murdoch

He says that he wasn’t planning on getting two cats, but they were brothers.

Matt Trapani

Jul 22, 2025, 1:44 AM

Updated 5 hr ago

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A Hazlet man recently adopted two cats. These lucky boys didn’t just find a home – they found their namesake.
“I didn’t see this coming,” says Matt Murdoch.
Murdoch says that when he saw that the Woodbridge Animal Shelter had two cats named “Matt” and “Murdoch” up for adoption, it just made sense.
“They were named after…Daredevil, the superhero, because they’re blind,” Murdoch says.
He says that he wasn’t planning on getting two cats, but they were brothers.
“But after meeting these guys, they were a packaged deal. There’s no saying, ‘No,’ to that,” says Murdoch.
He says the cats are pretty easy to take care of.
“They entertain themselves mostly,” he says.