It has been a while since we had an item about our little pigeon friends, but this morning we do. It comes from Carroll Gardens in the form of an email on the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association list. Someone, apparently is feeing pigeons which, in turn, is leading to “a rat and possum problem.” (This [...]

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The latest Brooklyn raccoon sighting report (yes, we realize, there are a great many) is of interest because it comes from the Pacific Bears Garden, which and located at Pacific and Flatbush Avenue and would be a neighbor of the Atlantic Yards arena. Here’s an email on the Boerum Hill Group:
This from the Pacific Bears [...]

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A reader reports: “I’m having dinner this evening al fresco at Tutt Café, and there’s a huge cat crossing the street. But it’s not a cat, it’s clearly a raccoon walking on the west side of Hicks Street, crossing Middagh and heading downhill towards Poplar. I got a good look at it. Stripe [...]

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Here’s a little something interesting to start the last week of August: Some residents on and near the southern end of Court Street in Carroll Gardens (near the elevated Gowanus Expressway) are saying that they are noticing an unusual number of dead birds. The word comes via some email exchanges on the BoCoCa Parents Group, [...]

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We have a vid this week of some very available (and dare we say killer cute) kitten available through the Empty Cages Collective:

For info about these lovelies, contact the Empty Cages Collective at emptycagescollective (at) gmail (dot) com. They are also in need of volunteers via the same email. Anyone interested in contributing can do [...]

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Here’s this week Adoptable Cutie, from the Empty Cages Collective:

Her name is Theresa and here’s some information about here:
She was found wandering the streets of Jamaica, Queens. She was not part of a regular TNR colony and was most likely just dumped on the street. She’s about 3 years old and still playful as a [...]

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This week’s pet is from the wonderful Sean Casey Animal Rescue shelter in Kensington. They do wonderful work and have an abundance of great animals that need loving homes:
We went to Petfinder to find this baby named Tina, who’s eight months old. Here’s more about her:
Tina is an 8 month old Rottweiler mix…she is spayed, [...]

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[Photo courtesy of popattyny/flickr]
There are multiple reports (and photos) of raccoons in Boerum Hill courtesy of the Boerum Hill Group. One is around State Street:
I was walking home last night on State Street between Bond and Nevins when I suddenly realized that the “stray cat” walking along the curb near me was in fact a [...]

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This vid documents the party Fido held in Prospect Park last weekend in celebration of the dog advocacy group’s 10th anniversary. Borough President Marty Markowitz waxes poetic about Fido’s achievements, but the pooches steal the show. There’s also a Flickr set of the festivities here.

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This week’s adoptable cutie is from the Empty Cages Collective, a new group in North Brooklyn with a lot of wonderful creatures in need of a loving homes:

Here some info about Harlem:
Harlem is a handsome fellow of Manhattan descent. With a black coat and a white belly, Harlem might like to accompany you to your [...]

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We found this yesterday around Bedford Avenue and Lorimer Streets. Morely went missing on Thursday night.

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This week’s pet is from the wonderful Sean Casey Animal Rescue shelter in Kensington. They do wonderful work and have an abundance of great animals that need loving homes:

Here’s Big Boy’s story:
Big Boy is a one and a half year old Presa Canario. He is a real gentle giant, excellent with kids and other dogs. [...]

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Check out the wild parrots of Brooklyn on a Sunday morning, just sort of hanging out in their nests in Flatbush. Sunday is the day of rest, after all.–Flatbush Pigeon

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This week’s pet is from the wonderful Sean Casey Animal Rescue shelter in Kensington. They do wonderful work and have an abundance of great animals that need loving homes:

Here is Butta Bean’s story:
Butta Bean is a five year old American Bulldog mix. She survived in the City Pound for 51 days because the staff [...]

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These kitties, who have been named the Flatbush Five come with a sweet story and there’s a full photoset of them here. Apparently, they were rescued from a dangerous spot. Lisacat, who does heartwarming and beautiful work find homes for hundreds of creatures, writes:
Celia is a nursing stray cat from Flatbush. Her 5 kittens got [...]

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Yesterday it was raccoons. Today, we have roosters, courtesy of a post on Brooklynian:
So, this morning at 7:30 I’m walking towards the subway at 4th and 25th. At 24th and 5th there’s a gas station. I just walk onto the gas stations parking lot when ” cock a doodle doo!” is screeched RIGHT BEHIND ME! [...]

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There is a report posted on the Prospect Heights Forum at Brooklynian of a missing parrot:
I am looking for my Parrot. He flew out of my apartment building on St. Marks Ave.. between Classon and Franklin on the 4th of July. We miss him very much and hope that he is ok. If anyone has [...]

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We often feature animals up for adoption at the wonderful Sean Casey Animal Rescue Shelter in Kensington. Their volunteers sometimes send us pics of pit bulls that are up for adoption or of pit bull mixes. Needless to say, they are hard to place. Here’s a report that News 12 did that features Sean talking [...]

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This week’s pet is from the wonderful Sean Casey Animal Rescue shelter in Kensington. They do wonderful work and have an abundance of great animals that need loving homes:

Here some info Curious, who is a our super cutie of the week:
Curious is a 3 year old Beagle/German Shepherd mix. He is extremely affectionate and perfectly [...]

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We found these fliers on Fourth Avenue near First Street on the Gowanus side of the big avenue and are posting it on the off chance that someone might recognize the really cute pooch in question.

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Here’s a special extra adoptable pet from the wonderful Sean Casey Animal Rescue shelter in Kensington. They do wonderful work and have an abundance of great animals that need loving homes:

The name of this bird is Chicken and he/she is available at Sean Casey, which in addition to having a lot of really nice dogs [...]

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This week’s pet is from the wonderful Sean Casey Animal Rescue shelter in Kensington. They do wonderful work and have an abundance of great animals that need loving homes:

The cutie above is named Annie. Here’s some info about here:
Annie is a sweet gem of a Boston Terrier. Cuddly and smart, she was found after being [...]

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The body of water in the photo is the Gowanus Canal. The graceful creature is an egret. It was at the foot of Second Street at the boat launch used by the Gowanus Dredgers.

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Here’s a weekend event for the animal lover in everyone, per a posting to our GL Photo Pool by lisacat, a kind soul that has provided us with many GL Adoptable Cuties of the Week and provided homes for countless cats:
I’m not homeless, I just haven’t found the right human yet!” The Beehive Salon [...]

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“Mau Mau/White Island is surrounded by hundred if not thousands of black sand bags which are holding the entire island together. Most of these bags are completely worn out from weather, tides and time. Over the last few years, these bags have been killing horseshoe crabs. You can see from the pictures (above and below) [...]

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