Lost pet situations make us sad, so when we come across them or they’re sent to us, we help out by posting them. If our efforts help reunite one pet and person, we’ll be happy. This one came in yesterday from Williamsburg: She was found Sunday 4/20 morning running in McCarren Park. If this is […]

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Among the many places that the Brooklyn parrots are establishing themselves is Red Hook. (Perhaps the Gowanus crew, which we understand have flown the coop, has relocated.) The GL reader who sent the image above report: I saw an odd bird in a tree in the park on [specific location removed to protect the birds]. […]

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A GL reader writes that “A few caring and concerned Brooklynites, found this dog around Smith and 9th Streets. After having almost been hit by a couple of cars, this dog was rescued and is now being cared for in a temporary foster home. We are posting fliers in hopes of reuniting her with her […]

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Here’s another adoptable pet of the week from the Brooklyn Animal Rescource Coalition (BARC) shelter in Williamsburg. The cutie above is named Seven Up. Here some info about her: This is “Seven Up”. She was named for the seven puncture wounds she suffered, most likely caused by a dog attack. She’s about 8 weeks old […]

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More Brooklyn hawks! These two–a mother and chick–are residents of Carroll Gardens. While their positions on 360 Smith Street, 340 Court Street, the Oyster Bar on Hoyt Street, Public Place and the Toll Brothers Gowanus development are unknown, we can say with 100 percent certainty that they are pro-pigeon and rodent, at least in the […]

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“Looks like the neighborhood dog population is increasing – so much so that the dogs are turning on each other during off-leash hours. One resident reports that her dog was left with serious wounds after a pit bull attack this morning. The President of the park’s pets society sent an email to members saying that […]

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We see dozens of fliers posted every week for lost pets all over Brooklyn and they always sadden us–both for the people that have lost a friend and the creature that has been lost or (in some cases) stolen. This flier for a black cat that answers to Rod or Roscoe is all over the […]

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Here’s a special Sunday adoptable pet of the week from the Brooklyn Animal Rescource Coalition (BARC) shelter in Williamsburg. This beautiful creature is named Delbert. He lives at the BARC Shelter in Williamsburg and needs a home. Here is some info about him: He was found wandering the streets of Brooklyn, skinny and scared. After […]

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Here’s another adoptable pet of the week from the Brooklyn Animal Rescource Coalition (BARC) shelter in Williamsburg. This is Marley, who is a year old, and is a recent arrival at the BARC Shelter in Williamsburg. Here’s some info about him from the wonderful Lisa at BARC: He’s a little nervous in his new surroundings, […]

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Cubby is on the loose somewhere in North Brooklyn. Miss Heather, who sent us the photo, also wrote: “I cannot tell you how many lost dog fliers I have seen over the last three days. All are for ‘toy’ and/or purebreds.” She has posted a different one on New York Shitty, as well.

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Here’s another adoptable pet of the week from the Brooklyn Animal Rescource Coalition (BARC) shelter in Williamsburg. We got a photo of Sergio yesterday a little late to post, so we figured we’d present him today, as he’s in need of a home and some TLC from someone willing to offer some love to an […]

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Here’s another adoptable pet of the week from the Brooklyn Animal Rescource Coalition (BARC) shelter in Williamsburg. Chachi is a male, one-year-old. The bio on his cage at BARC says: He was surrendered by his owner. He was so distressed he cut himself on his cage and proceeded to scratch the wound until he bled. […]

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The New York Aquarium in Coney Island has lost one of its oldest residents, a 43-year-old sand tiger shark believed to be one of the oldest in any aquarium. Her name was Bertha and the aquarium staff is very sad about losing her. Bertha was euthanized Saturday after a month-long illness. The cause of death […]

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“i just found a puppy – looks like a pitbull mix, black with brown stripes, approximately 2 months old. I found him near the church on the corner of 6th Ave and St. Johns. I rang a few doorbells nearby to see if the puppy had runaway but no one seemed to know anything. I […]

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Here’s this week’s adoptable pet of the week from the Brooklyn Animal Rescource Coalition (BARC) shelter in Williamsburg. [Photo courtesy of dog magician/flickr] Here is Aponte and some information about him: This is Aponte. He was liberated from Animal Care and Control and is one happy, friendly dog! He was skinny, and his handsome brindle […]

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Well, the joey at the Prospect Park Zoo, who was the sujbect of a naming contest, has been named Riley. The four finalist names were Nari, Kylie, Kinta and Riley. The Borough President made the announcement yesterday. The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Heart of Brooklyn conducted an online poll and received hundreds of suggestions. […]

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We caught the Dog Addiction fliers up all over Williamsburg on Sunday and then checked out the rock and roll dog stuff. We didn’t see any of the stuffed dogs they’d left out around the neighborhood, though, and the photo above might explain why. Here’s what a reader writes: this past saturday, dog addiction took […]

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“He’s known simply as Tyril, the dog whisperer of Prospect Park. Fans need no last name – his work at curing out-of-control canines speaks for itself…His actual name is Tyril Frith, and he’s a Caribbean immigrant who saw his first dog tricks on TV’s ‘Lassie.’ Now, Frith can get a pit bull mongrel to stop […]

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We are delayed in posting our Adoptable Cutie of the Week, but when we got this time-sensitive photo from the Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition, we knew what we had to do. Here’s some info about our heartbreakingly cute kitty: Buddha arrived at BARC with a thick file of vet records and an amazingly sunny and […]

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So, what does someone do if one is walking down the street with one’s spouse and dogs and is attacked by insane dogs that have escaped from a construction site? Apparently, one should reach deep inside and appeal to the God of one’s understanding. We were in touch yesterday with one of the victims of […]

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We have posted many times about the Robert Scarano-designed building at Bond and Carroll Streets that we call the Bunker, but this scary story isn’t about the building or its design or the slow progress on the structure. It is about a GL reader who wrote to say that she and her husband and their […]

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We checked out the joey at the Prospect Park Zoo whose the subject of a naming contest that runs through March 20. We found him busy eating whatever baby kangaroos are fed at the zoo and mom just kind of chilling out. Cute.

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These are posted in Williamsburg, mostly east of the BQE. We found this one on Metropolitan and Union, near Kellog’s Diner. If you find Pinky, rescue her and call.

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We got an email from the Heart of Brooklyn Partnership about the kangaroo naming contest that started yesterday for this joey born at the Prospect Park Zoo. Frankly, we’d take any excuse to run these photos we requested from them, but the naming contest, which runs through March 20, is also a very good reason. […]

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This week we’re featuring two adoptable pets of the week as part of our weekly feature with animals available for adoption at the Sean Casey Animal Rescue shelter in Kensington. We know that someone out there will think that Terrance is the cutest thing ever. He’s a puggle and here’s his bio: Terrance is a […]

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