Animals

May
24
Two Peregrine Falcon Chicks Hatched Atop Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge

Two Peregrine Falcon Chicks Hatched Atop Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge

Photos: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Kevin CallTwo healthy peregrine falcon chicks have been hatched in a specially built nesting box atop
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Apr
28
Search for Lost Pet Tortoise in Bay Ridge

Search for Lost Pet Tortoise in Bay Ridge

Doris the tortoise.Doris the tortoise is on the loose. A pet African leopard tortoise named Doris has escaped from
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Feb
12
NYPD Horses Break Free From Officers, Gallop Freely in Midwood

NYPD Horses Break Free From Officers, Gallop Freely in Midwood

NYPD horses safely returned to stable./ Photo provided by NYPD’s TwitterMIDWOOD- Yesterday, two NYPD horses named Samson and Freedom
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Jan
12
Cat Cafe Gets Funding To Help With Pandemic Surge In Demand For Cats

Cat Cafe Gets Funding To Help With Pandemic Surge In Demand For Cats

Cafe cats by the window. By Alexandra Steedman.Thanks to a generous grant, Brooklyn Cat Cafe will be able to
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Dec
29
Urban Birders Find Solace at Southern Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach

Urban Birders Find Solace at Southern Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach

Plumb Beach is a quiet, small beach located right off the Belt Parkway in Southern Brooklyn and a haven for
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Dec
15
GallopNYC Gets New Yorkers with Disabilities Back in the Saddle

GallopNYC Gets New Yorkers with Disabilities Back in the Saddle

Approximately two dozen horses live at GallopNYC’s stables, including privately-owned boarder horses like this one. Cheyenne Ligon/BklynerIn The
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Dec
02
How the Pandemic Pause on Free Spay and Neuter Clinics Led to a Cat-astrophe

How the Pandemic Pause on Free Spay and Neuter Clinics Led to a Cat-astrophe

The nonprofit Flatbush Cats helps to tame the population of feral felines through the trap-neuter-return (TNR) method. | Courtesy of Flatbush
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Oct
30
Fort Greene’s 22nd Annual Great PUPKin Goes Virtual (PHOTOS)

Fort Greene’s 22nd Annual Great PUPKin Goes Virtual (PHOTOS)

A Lab and his baby brother are dressed as Toto and Dorothy from to Wizard of Oz. Photo by Jackie
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Oct
08
Ditmas Park Neighbors Rally To Save Benji, The Homeless Cat

Ditmas Park Neighbors Rally To Save Benji, The Homeless Cat

Benji the Cat. (Photo via Dahlia Schweitzer)DITMAS PARK – In the midst of chaos and politics, neighbors got together to
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Sep
30
Deer, Eels, Raccoons, And A Pet Shop In Need of A Helping Hand

Deer, Eels, Raccoons, And A Pet Shop In Need of A Helping Hand

Via Park Slope Pet Supplies.BROOKLYN – It’s the last day of September! Where has the time gone? A lot
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