Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition

Need a Friend Right Now? Adopt, Foster A Cat Or Two

Cats for adoption at Brooklyn Animal Action. Courtesy of Brooklyn Animal Action. If you’re considering fostering or adopting a cat right now, you’re not alone. Animal shelters and rescue organizations across the borough have seen a dramatic uptick in the number of foster and adoption applications since the

Animals

A Purr-fect New Home For Brooklyn Cat Cafe

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The borough’s first feline cafe, Brooklyn Cat Cafe [https://www.catcafebk.com/], held an official grand opening on Wednesday at its new home at 76 Montague Street. Having moved in December into the landmarked building that previously housed Friend of a Farmer restaurant, the new Brooklyn Cat

Animals

Adoptable Animal Of The Week: Graydee The Tuxedo Cat

Photo via Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition.He looks like he’s going to lap up all the love his new human parent(s) give him. > Graydee is a handsome and affectionate year-old tuxedo who was rescued from a Brooklyn industrial park. He is now living in his rescuer’s

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The Cats Are Back! Fort Greene’s Pop-Up Cat Cafe Found A Permanent Home In Brooklyn Heights

Image via Brooklyn Cat Cafe [http://www.instagram.com/catcafebk].Good news and bad news: The Cat’s Meow [http://www.instagram.com/catcafebk] — Fort Greene’s former pop-up cat cafe [/blog/2015/09/16/a-pop-up-cat-cafe-the-cats-meow-is-coming-to-354-myrtle-avenue-in-fort-greene/] — has found a permanent home, but it’s not in our neighborhood. The new

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Adoptable Animal Of The Week: Orville The Cat

Image via Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition.Who wants some cat therapy? Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition [http://bbawc.org/](BBAWC) introduced us to Orville, an easy-going darling three-year-old cat who enjoys “an elevated spot, laser pointers and abundant belly rubs.” > He’ll politely bonk you until you proffer more

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Adoptable Animal Of The Week: Sybil The Rescue Cat

Image via Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/163926860354248/photos/a.164058167007784.41892.163926860354248/980164795397113/?type=3&theater] .Who can resist a cute cat in a sink? Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition [http://bbawc.org](BBAWC) introduced us to Sybil: > Sybil was discovered abandoned in January and

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Local Cats Hit The National Stage During The Superbowl Kitten Half-Time Show

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

354 Myrtle Avenue

Fort Greene Pop-Up Cat Cafe Has A Second Life, Extending Its Lease Through November

Image via The Cat’s Meow [https://instagram.com/catcafebk/].It turns out that our neighborhood pop-up cat cafe has nine lives, too. The popular animal therapy/rescue adoption/animal education space at 354 Myrtle Avenue didn’t close as planned [/blog/2015/10/19/goodbye-brooklyn-pop-up-cat-cafe-but-a-possible-hello-to-a-permanent-space/] this past weekend; instead,

1112 Cortelyou Road

‘Kittenpalooza’ Will Be Held Outside Qathra Cafe On Cortelyou Road This Sunday, August 16

Image courtesy of the Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare CoalitionCome out and meet your new best (and most adorable) friend this Sunday, August 16! The Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition [http://www.bbawc.org/] will host a cat and kitten adoption van outside Qathra Cafe (1112 Cortelyou Road, between Westminster and

1112 Cortelyou Road

Add A Furry Member To Your Family This Weekend At An Adoption Event In Front Of Qathra

Good news, neighbors! After we were disappointed to learn that the Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition’s [http://www.bbawc.org/] cat and kitten adoption event was canceled last week due to one of the people involved being sick, the festival of fur has been rescheduled for this Sunday, March

Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition

Tom Collins Plays His Heart Out In His New Home

Neighbor Haley emailed us these photos today and let us know that she and her boyfriend have just adopted Tom Collins, an adorable kitten that neighbor Elizabeth had been taking care of after he was born behind her building [/blog/animals/adorable-kittens-tom-collins-gibson-up-for-adoption]. “We had planned on checking shelters when we

barbara rosen

Adopt Q Gardens Kittens Helga & The Kracken!

Miss your chance to adopt some of the kittens posted earlier from the Q Gardens trapping operation [/blog/animals/help-q-gardens-trap-neuter-release-local-feral-cats]? Don’t despair–now available are sweet black two-month-olds Helga and The Kracken! The Q crew is working with locally-based Barbara the Cat Lady [/blog/animals/meet-cat-caretaker-guerilla-gardener-barbara-rosen] and the Brooklyn

Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition

Add A Furry Member To Your Family This Weekend At An Adoption Event In Front Of Qathra

Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition [http://www.bbawc.org/] is coming to the neighborhood this Sunday, March 9. They’ll be set up in front of Qathra [https://www.facebook.com/Qathra] (1112 Cortelyou Road between Stratford and Westminster Roads) from 11am-4pm with a truck full of cats and kittens

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This Weekend On Cortelyou: Kitten Palooza 2013

This Sunday, November 17 from 11am-4pm, the Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition [http://www.bbawc.org] is parking some snuggly sweeties in front of Qathra [http://www.qathracafe.com] (1112 Cortelyou Road between Stratford and Westminster Roads) for Kitten Palooza! The BBAWC has helped neighbors on Stratford [/blog/animals/kittens-for-adoption-after-neighbors-successful-stratford-tnr-effort]