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July 30, 2007
The Cole Bros. Circus is in town...at Coney Island for the first time since 1938! The troupe has set up camp through August 5th, an event that was announced not long ago by Thor Equities. The Ringmaster Chris Connors told NY1: "We have performers from the Ukraine, from Brazil, from China, you know we have it all here. Different cultures – we are a giant melting pot on wheels, just like New York City, and... [continue]
| July 28, 2007
Manhattan's Bide-A-Wee animal shelter is having a grand opening today and tomorrow for its new "Kitty Cat Habitat." The space is now cageless, allowing cats to "roam free, romp on ledges and bridges and enjoy looking out windows while waiting for permanent homes or foster homes" and to be happy as they await their new humans. Aw! There will also be a Bideawee trainer available to answer questions about cats, information about grooming, refreshments, and... [continue]
July 21, 2007
Animal rights protesters held a rally outside the National Football League's Park Avenue headquarters yesterday to ask for quarterback Michael Vick's suspension from the league. Earlier, the Atlanta Falcons star was indicted on federal felony charges for dogfighting. Here's what the Department of Justice's press release (PDF) said:According to the indictment, the defendants were involved in an ongoing animal fighting venture based out of a property located in Smithfield, Virginia, from early 2001 through... [continue]
July 15, 2007
The owner of a deceased pet is suing the dog boarding company she entrusted her dog Maximus to, only to hear that her dog ran off and was found later, dead. Constance Tyler gave Maximus, an English bulldog, to high-priced kennel Doggie Diva before taking a trip to California. Doggie Diva owner Alice Moss, took Maximus and a number of other dogs from the business' Bronx facility to a property in upstate New York. Tyler... [continue]
July 14, 2007
The saga of red-tailed hawk Pale Male on Fifth Avenue continue! Lincoln Karim, one of Pale Male's most passionate advocates, witnessed a construction worker on the roof of 1040 Fifth Avenue spitting and throwing rocks at Pale Male. Karim detailed the incident on his website, PaleMale.com, and wrote:A most despicable display of human behavior on 1040 Fifth Avenue (the Jackie O Building). At 2:48:50PM I saw two men appear at the top of the... [continue]
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July 12, 2007
During the summers, city shelters see a spike in unwanted pets, and this year is no different. NYC's Animal Care & Control is "taking in 85 cats and kittens a day - up from about 50 a day just a few months ago," according to the Daily News. Animal Care & Control is worried they will have to start euthanizing adoptable cats and dogs, because they are, as director Richard Gentiles says, "being inundated." From... [continue]
July 9, 2007
Reader Spencer sent us these photographs of a red-tailed hawk who frequents a terrace outside his Brooklyn apartment. And if we could fly, we would too, because that's some sweet view. These photographs are particularly well-timed, as the NY Times' FYI column explained that there are many hawks all around the city, though Manhattanites Pale Male and Lola are the most famous. Some good hawk-related websites: PaleMale.com, Marie Winn's Central Park Nature News, and... [continue]
July 8, 2007
A barking pit bull named Bleu (or Blue) was a hero yesterday, as his barking alerted a neighbor to the cries of a young girl who was being molested between two houses on 171st St. in Flushing, Queens. The Daily News writes that a young man had been sitting on the steps of a house, across the street from where the attack would take place, watching a seven-year-old girl and her friend ride their scooters.... [continue]
July 7, 2007
The ASPCA is investigating a strange case in Staten Island: Someone shot a Port Richmond Yorkshire Terrier, who was sitting on the front porch, with an air rifle on Tuesday. The dog died in surgery the next day. Owners Michael and Marie Buckley told WCBS 2 they moved to Staten Island from Manhattan with Eddie the terrier after Marie's mother died so they could take care of her pets. The Buckleys say that Eddie would... [continue]
Slaughterhouses may have mostly disappeared from New York City's municipal landscape, but they still exist. They tend to only be noticed when one of their stock escapes imminent death via a bolt for freedom. Unfortunately, the city's streets are barely more hospitable to a farm animal on the loose, once it has escaped the inevitable doom of the urban abattoir. Last month we posted a story about a little lamb (whose fleece was about as... [continue]
July 2, 2007
The man who throttled, stomped, kicked, and beat a peacock into a mortal state Thursday morning was turned in to police by his own stepfather yesterday. The Staten Island Advance is all over the story. It reports that John N. Potts was arrested yesterday, after threatening to smash his stepfather's face with a shovel in the older man's home. Potts then ran off and jumped into the Raritan Bay, shovel in hand. The Advance describes... [continue]
July 1, 2007
A deranged Staten Island man spotted a peacock in the parking lot of a Tottenville Burger King Thursday morning, and mistook the majestic animal for a vampire. According to the Staten Island Advance, the man assaulted the bird in pretty much every possible way except driving a stake through its heart, as onlookers watched in horror. Witnesses said a man in his late teens or early 20s grabbed the helpless bird by its neck, struck... [continue]