Bishop Age: +/- 2 Years Sex: Male Type: DSH, black (and a little white) Neutered: Yes Vaccinated: Yes Health: Excellent Neutered during a Trap-Neuter-Return program, Bishop turned out to be very tame. A leg injury brought him into the house and he’s been there ever since. He’s energetic and affectionate, loves to play and nap […]

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As regular readers of our Saturday Adoptable Cutie of the Week Feature know, we have a soft spot in our heart for creatures adopted from shelters. We don’t get spending thousands of dollars on bred dogs when there are so many lovable creatures in need of homes. Heck. Some of them are even pure breeds. […]

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As part of our ongoing Adoptable Brooklyn Cutie of the Week we are bringing you a two-part edition today brought to you by Chris, who has 4 wonderful fosters in need of a ‘forever home.’ This week we have Annabelle and Augie. Annabelle Age: +/- 2 Years Sex: Female Type: DSH, brown tabby Spayed: Yes […]

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Marathon Day is a tough one. What to do after the running passes you by? Well, here’s one idea: Go to Miro’s Run Annual Howl-o-ween Fundraiser. It takes place on Sunday, November 2nd from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. Per their email: Join us at the dog run for cider and donuts, a dog costume […]

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After years and years of debate, the question is still out there: are pit bulls are mean and dangerous? Some say pit bulls are gentle and sweet by nature, it’s all about the caregiver and how they raise and maintain the innocent creature that matters. Others just aren’t sure. Here, we find that it sounds […]

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We return today to our favorite feature, the GL Adoptable Cutie of the Week, courtesy of Super Correspondent E.C. Stephens. As always, we ask you to open your heart and your home to a beautiful creature in need. Senor Don Gato was found a couple weeks ago trying to find food by a dumpster. When […]

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There’s a heartbreaking story about 64 kitties rounded up in a “city animal control sweep” in Bay Ridge that have ended up in two city shelters and could be killed if they aren’t adopted. City shelters are full and they’re killing cats to make space for potential new victims. “There is an emergency stray cat […]

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He’s Not Feral, He’s My Kittie. (Or could be!) Calling all cat lovers! A volunteer at Slope Street Cats sent us this Craigslist link to posting about seven cute kitties they caught that need good foster homes. Don’t be scared. Feral only means wild, not evil. So, as it is National Feral Cat Day, spread […]

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This is Dusty, who disappeared on Bergen Street in the Slope on October 9. We found the flier on a tree and, as is our habit, figured we’d try to help.

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A GL reader writes of a raccoon in Fort Greene: please help! …I saw a raccoon on Clermont Avenue (Brooklyn). He/she looked stuck at the window seal of a parlor floor… by all mean I thought he wasn’t doing well and done everything possible and impossible to get a rescuer come help… nothing! I got […]

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We were asleep at the switch on this issue as the news arrived as we were coming off our unplanned break. There was a meeting yesterday about the issue of allowing off-leash dogs in Coffey Park. The issue at hand is extending park hours from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. for all users and designating […]

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We came across this notice on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg near N. 4 Street. There is a reward and hearts are broken.

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On item that we’ve had, but failed to post during our hiatus was one of our favorites about the Smith Street parrots. Our Special Correspondent explains: “The parrot pic is (street name deleted to protect the parrot) and smith’s newest resident. Looks like looks like a baby of a bigger parrot that has been hanging […]

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We believe we found word of this kitty’s disappearance on Seventh Street around Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. If he/she has truly been paying attention to the growing financial catastrophe that’s been building since we’ve been off the air, we understand why he/she took off. Little dude probably has a condo on the market that […]

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“I was walking to my apartment tonight from the Union St- R train stop to my apt on 4th and Garfield. All of a sudden a golden retriever comes bolting down Carroll Street and runs straight across 4th Ave. Hopefully dog and master were reunited, and that the dog survived any other trips across busy […]

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Here are our Adoptable Brooklyn Cuties for this week, some killer cute kitties from the Empty Cages Collective: The kitty featured in the vid is Jadzia Dax. She and her friends are available via the Empty Cages Collective, which is a new North Brooklyn Group which has a large supply of gorgeous felines that really […]

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There has been some controversy lately, particularly on Brooklynian, about rats, rat turds, rat poison and other problems at Prospect Park’s Dog Beach. Here’s another one: “En route to my Cemetery Fence Tour, I stopped by Dog Beach – there’s an awesome stepped hill and grove of trees across the lane that serves as an […]

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“I am so freaked out by the Brooklyn Heights raccoon!! A few weeks ago he was sitting on my deck Willow and Cranberry – doors were closed and he was watching my sweet little doggie eat his treat. I have had nitemares ever since! What can we do??!!!”–Bklink: Brooklyn Heights Raccoon

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This week’s pet is from the wonderful Sean Casey Animal Rescue shelter in Kensington. They do wonderful work and have an abundance of great animals that need loving homes: If your heart doesn’t melt when you look at Teddy’s picture, well, we don’t know what to say. Teddy is a Labrador/German Sheppard mix and cute […]

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It has been a while since we had an item about our little pigeon friends, but this morning we do. It comes from Carroll Gardens in the form of an email on the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association list. Someone, apparently is feeing pigeons which, in turn, is leading to “a rat and possum problem.” (This […]

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The latest Brooklyn raccoon sighting report (yes, we realize, there are a great many) is of interest because it comes from the Pacific Bears Garden, which and located at Pacific and Flatbush Avenue and would be a neighbor of the Atlantic Yards arena. Here’s an email on the Boerum Hill Group: This from the Pacific […]

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A reader reports: “I’m having dinner this evening al fresco at Tutt Café, and there’s a huge cat crossing the street. But it’s not a cat, it’s clearly a raccoon walking on the west side of Hicks Street, crossing Middagh and heading downhill towards Poplar. I got a good look at it. Stripe across the […]

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Here’s a little something interesting to start the last week of August: Some residents on and near the southern end of Court Street in Carroll Gardens (near the elevated Gowanus Expressway) are saying that they are noticing an unusual number of dead birds. The word comes via some email exchanges on the BoCoCa Parents Group, […]

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We have a vid this week of some very available (and dare we say killer cute) kitten available through the Empty Cages Collective: For info about these lovelies, contact the Empty Cages Collective at emptycagescollective (at) gmail (dot) com. They are also in need of volunteers via the same email. Anyone interested in contributing can […]

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