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Bindi. (Photo: Sean Casey Animal Rescue)From the U.K. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3445499/Woman-finds-dog-paws-frozen-ground-New-York-temperatures-plunge-record-lows.html] to San Francisco [http://www.ktvu.com/news/92080596-story], Kensington’s local animal shelter has attracted attention for its care of an abandoned dog with a tragic story. Sean Casey Animal
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Mute swans in Sheepshead Bay. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz is not backing down from his effort to protect Sheepshead Bay’s beloved swans. Cymbrowitz announced this week he has reintroduced a bill [http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=A09289&
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Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153463236461483/?type=3&theater] Looking for a new companion? Skipper the dog is a lovebug! > Sean Casey says [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153463236461483/?type=3&
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Buglet getting his picture taken. (Image via Who’s Your Doggy.)Who needs football as a national past-time when we have kittens? That’s the idea behind Animal Planet’s annual Kitten Halftime show, which airs every year during the Superbowl and features adoptable kittens from around the country. This
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Photo by Daniel FrazerYou’d be hard pressed to walk a street in Brooklyn and not come across a few pigeons. These chunky crumb peckers have become so built into the urban landscape that even those who (misguidedly!) hate them would surely wonder what’s going on if they didn’
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After 145 years, the “greatest show on earth” is reinventing itself. On March 15 2015, Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, announced the retirement all elephants from their traveling circus, two years ahead of schedule. Legends, the latest performance coming to the Barclays Center
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Photo via Betty Vlasiu [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bettyvlasiu/22519434503] Had you been walking the winter trails of Prospect Park half of a century ago you, may have heard the peculiar scream of the Eastern-Screech Owl. This small owl has either red or brown plumage with startling yellow eyes
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Panda the Cat. (Photo: Phoebe Jonas)After a bit of a rough patch, Panda the Cat may just be your new best friend. According to sources in the neighborhood, she is silky and sweet and very loving. Panda was found in Ditmas Park one cold October evening. She was terrified
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Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153429719251483/?type=3&theater] Looking for a new companion? Fufu the dog is sweet, affectionate, and friendly with people. > Sean Casey says [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/
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Swans, geese, and ducks in Sheepshead Bay. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Sheepshead Bay’s swans have long been a target for extermination [/and-now-they-want-to-murder-sheepshead-bays-swans/] by the state. But a growing body of prominent environmentalists and conservationists say the evidence against these snow-white waterfowl – an indelible part of the neighborhood’s
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanThere’s no delicate way to say this, but the newly melted snow has left us to deal with some gross surprises — AKA abandoned dog poop. Ah, irresponsible dog owners: not a new topic [/local-bensonhurst-citizen-shaming-delinquent-dog-owners/] among our readers, but still a group who makes walking down the
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It’s an awkward ballet, isn’t it? The snow, puddles, ice … and the poop. Ah, irresponsible dog owners: not a new topic among our readers, but still a group who makes walking down the street a little more terrifying for everyone (including the good dog owners who do pick