It’s been a while since we posted about Park Slope Street Cats, so we’re happy to note they will be having a Fall Feral Fundraiser on November 10 from 7PM-11PM at Ripple Bar. Here’s a bit from PSSC’s blog: Your ticket includes a drink ticket and buffet style finger food as well as an automatic […]

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We have two reports via Park Slope Parents emails about a big dog attacking and killing a small dog at the Dog Beach in Prospect Park yesterday. Both get at the issue of keeping big dogs on leashes. Apparently, a pit bull or pit bull mix attacked “a little long haired dachsund” in full view […]

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Why let Williamsburg dogs get all the attention? Here’s something we found on the Park Slope Message Board about a urinating dog-related confrontation: So into a major argument this weekend because my dog pissed in front of someone’s house on the sidewalk. Here’s what happened: I was walking my (large) dog as I always do […]

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Last week, it was Foghorn, the lovebird. This week, it was Sugar the cockatoo. After posting about her deep fears of being rendered homeless as the Giant Fart Cloud Building is brought down, blogger Bad Advice writes of the loss of Sugar: If you’ve ever gotten your haircut at the Brooklyn General Barber Emporium, you […]

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Click the embed to watch the BARC Williamsburg Dog Parade. We also have still shots of the event, available here.

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Yesterday was the 21st annual BARC Shelter Dog Parade and Show. It wound its way down Metropolitan Avenue to Bedford Avenue and, then, to McCarren Park where a lot of people hung out for a long time and played with dogs, listened to music, ate and saw the participants be judged. You can find our […]

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Oh, yes. The 21st annual BARC Shelter Parade and Show in Williamsburg is coming up on Sunday (10/14). The big dog parade kicks off at Noon at Wythe and N. 1st Street in Williamsburg. The show in McCarren Park starts runs from 1PM-5PM. Here’s a bit from BARC: We’ll march proudly down Bedford Avenue with […]

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Foghorn the lovebird has gone missing. There is a $50 reward. These fliers are up all over Grand Street and surrounding streets east of the BQE in Williamsburg.

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This was posted on the Park Slope Forum last night. Let’s just say our reaction is highly negative: In an attempt to prevent dogs from walking in front of his house, an occupant on the south side of 11th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue has crushed and liberally sprinkled moth balls all over the […]

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The reader who sent the photos of these swans on the Gowanus Canal wrote that “I took this pictures today from my studio at 4th street and Bond. It warms the heart to see these swans on the canal.” Yes, it does. Of course, this is not to be confused with the Gowanus Canal heron […]

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There is, apparently, a vote taking place for the New York Aquarium’s baby walrus. Here he is.

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If you like dogs and/or cats, this one’s for you: There will be a “Dog Parade and Kitty Carnival” with pet adoption opportunities in J.J. Byrne Park in Park Slope on Saturday (9/29) from Noon-6PM. The event is sponsored by State Sen. Eric Adams and will include clowns, magicians, live music, food and prizes for […]

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Boy, do we like putting “Gowanus” and “parrot” in the same phrase. Yesterday, after we posted an item about the parrots in Thomas Greene Park, a number of readers left comments that fill in some valuable blanks. As it turns out, parrots have been seen in and around Gowanus for a while. There is also […]

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It brings us pleasure to report that Brooklyn parrots now appear to be living in Thomas Greene Park in Gowanus. We’ve never noticed them there (and the parrots are very noticeable based on their distinctive squawking) and don’t recall seeing reports of a colony there–although parrots have been reported in Park Slope, possibly drawn by […]

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If it’s not one thing, it’s another. You might have heard about last week’s incident involving the biting raccoon in Prospect Park and you probably know that there is a sizable raccoon population in Park Slope and elsewhere in Brooklyn. What we did not know is that, apparently, one of the things they like to […]

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We love the work that BARC, the Williamsburg-based Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition, does. So, we’re glad to note that some of the cats and kittens will be available on an adoption day at The Beehive Salon on Lorimer Street. Here goes: The Beehive Salon is hosting a cat and kitten adoption day on Sunday, September […]

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The Prospect Park raccoon that bit a woman on which we reported yesterday was caught and euthanized, Patrick Gallahue reports in today’s New York Post. The raccoon was not rabid. Mr. Gallahue reports: The odd attack by a rampaging raccoon happened as the victim enjoyed a Sunday outing with her family at The Lake, officials […]

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This email caught our attention for two reasons: A Prospect Park raccoon biting someone and “very aggressive” ducks and geese. Here’s what it says: My family and I were feeding the ducks & geese yesterday afternoon at the lake near the Vanderbilt entrance (something we won’t do again because they got very aggressive) and saw […]

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Want to help some our best friends? Then head out to the Waggytail Rescue Benefit. It’s taking place on Sunday, August 12 from 6PM-9PM at Moonshine, which is located at 317 Columbia Street in Red Hook. The suggested minimum donation is $10 an in return you get veggie dog and burger, plus fixings and sides […]

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Here’s a mystery about two Prospect Park ducklings. We found it yesterday on OTBKB, which had posted a link to a long item about two ducklings that went missing in Prospect Park mid-July. We fear that, by now, their fate is a moot point, yet a bunch of photos of the cute duo were posted […]

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The emails about the The Great Hot Dog Cookoff on July that is also a fundraiser for the BARC Shelter in Williamsburg landed in a number of inboxes including ours. The event will take place on July 28 in a Fort Greene backyard, and proceeds will go to benefit the Williamsburg organization that helps many […]

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This impossibly cute kitten was rescued from the corner of N. 11th Street and Roebling yesterday, in front of the Roebling Oil Field by the blogger who brings us Bad Advice. She found him a home, then the person who was going to take him apparently didn’t, so as of last night, it looks like […]

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