Here’s this week Adoptable Cutie, from the Empty Cages Collective: Her name is Theresa and here’s some information about here: She was found wandering the streets of Jamaica, Queens. She was not part of a regular TNR colony and was most likely just dumped on the street. She’s about 3 years old and still playful […]

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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: We went to Petfinder to find this baby named Tina, who’s eight months old. Here’s more about her: Tina is an 8 month old Rottweiler mix…she […]

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[Photo courtesy of popattyny/flickr] There are multiple reports (and photos) of raccoons in Boerum Hill courtesy of the Boerum Hill Group. One is around State Street: I was walking home last night on State Street between Bond and Nevins when I suddenly realized that the “stray cat” walking along the curb near me was in […]

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This vid documents the party Fido held in Prospect Park last weekend in celebration of the dog advocacy group’s 10th anniversary. Borough President Marty Markowitz waxes poetic about Fido’s achievements, but the pooches steal the show. There’s also a Flickr set of the festivities here.

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This week’s adoptable cutie is from the Empty Cages Collective, a new group in North Brooklyn with a lot of wonderful creatures in need of a loving homes: Here some info about Harlem: Harlem is a handsome fellow of Manhattan descent. With a black coat and a white belly, Harlem might like to accompany you […]

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We found this yesterday around Bedford Avenue and Lorimer Streets. Morely went missing on Thursday night.

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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: Here’s Big Boy’s story: Big Boy is a one and a half year old Presa Canario. He is a real gentle giant, excellent with kids and […]

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Check out the wild parrots of Brooklyn on a Sunday morning, just sort of hanging out in their nests in Flatbush. Sunday is the day of rest, after all.–Flatbush Pigeon

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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: Here is Butta Bean’s story: Butta Bean is a five year old American Bulldog mix. She survived in the City Pound for 51 days because the […]

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These kitties, who have been named the Flatbush Five come with a sweet story and there’s a full photoset of them here. Apparently, they were rescued from a dangerous spot. Lisacat, who does heartwarming and beautiful work find homes for hundreds of creatures, writes: Celia is a nursing stray cat from Flatbush. Her 5 kittens […]

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Yesterday it was raccoons. Today, we have roosters, courtesy of a post on Brooklynian: So, this morning at 7:30 I’m walking towards the subway at 4th and 25th. At 24th and 5th there’s a gas station. I just walk onto the gas stations parking lot when ” cock a doodle doo!” is screeched RIGHT BEHIND […]

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There is a report posted on the Prospect Heights Forum at Brooklynian of a missing parrot: I am looking for my Parrot. He flew out of my apartment building on St. Marks Ave.. between Classon and Franklin on the 4th of July. We miss him very much and hope that he is ok. If anyone […]

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We often feature animals up for adoption at the wonderful Sean Casey Animal Rescue Shelter in Kensington. Their volunteers sometimes send us pics of pit bulls that are up for adoption or of pit bull mixes. Needless to say, they are hard to place. Here’s a report that News 12 did that features Sean talking […]

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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: Here some info Curious, who is a our super cutie of the week: Curious is a 3 year old Beagle/German Shepherd mix. He is extremely affectionate […]

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We found these fliers on Fourth Avenue near First Street on the Gowanus side of the big avenue and are posting it on the off chance that someone might recognize the really cute pooch in question.

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Here’s a special extra adoptable pet 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: The name of this bird is Chicken and he/she is available at Sean Casey, which in addition to having a lot of really nice […]

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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: The cutie above is named Annie. Here’s some info about here: Annie is a sweet gem of a Boston Terrier. Cuddly and smart, she was found […]

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The body of water in the photo is the Gowanus Canal. The graceful creature is an egret. It was at the foot of Second Street at the boat launch used by the Gowanus Dredgers.

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Here’s a weekend event for the animal lover in everyone, per a posting to our GL Photo Pool by lisacat, a kind soul that has provided us with many GL Adoptable Cuties of the Week and provided homes for countless cats: I’m not homeless, I just haven’t found the right human yet!” The Beehive Salon […]

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“Mau Mau/White Island is surrounded by hundred if not thousands of black sand bags which are holding the entire island together. Most of these bags are completely worn out from weather, tides and time. Over the last few years, these bags have been killing horseshoe crabs. You can see from the pictures (above and below) […]

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We’re happy to return today to our Adoptable Cutie of the Week feature. 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: Here’s what we can tell you about this little guy: Happy is a […]

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This cat was found in the North Slope near Fourth Avenue the other night. The person that found him writes on Brooklynian that: My neighbors and I found a cat outside our building this evening. One of my neighbors says she thinks he has been there for a few days (her dog was interested in […]

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This just in from an email via the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association: Just a note to let everyone know: There was seen the other evening a raccoon in a tree, close to middle of Second Place. As far as we know, this is the first time seeing a raccoon in our area. Please be on […]

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We were reading a thread on Brooklynian about people’s feeling that there is more dog crap on the sidewalks of Park Slope than before, when we came across the long entry about a dog owner that wanted to clean up after their pet but, uh, couldn’t. Given that it touches on two of our favorite […]

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Here’s another GL Adoptable Cutie of the Week, information about whom landed in our inbox last night: This is Gadjet, a cat that will be needing a home soon. Gadjet isn’t a shelter cat, but another one that is going to need a new place to live due to people circumstances. The email we got […]

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