Thank goodness WCBS 880 updated its story about a stray cat who was seen in NJ with a bottle stuck on its head. Raritan Township Animal Control and ASPCA helped save the cat! The cat had been without water or food for at least 10 days, because it was first seen with the bottle on its head on New Year's Eve. The cat was "near death" when it was rescued; the rescue took so......

Oh no! An 8-month-old baby bitten by a family dog was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital. The family lives on Ocean Parkway in the Prospect Park South/Kensington neighborhood. According to NY1, the baby had been in his grandmother's care "when the family Doberman bit his head. Sources say the attack may have occurred after the baby touched the dog's paw." WNBC reports police shot the dog with a dart and Animal Control removed it......

It's always nice when a story we've been following for awhile has a happy ending. So you can imagine that we were happy to see in today's Times that the Lower East Side Russian Blue cat who wandered from her owners home back in 2004 is finally going to ">return to his owner. The story, for those of you who don't remember and/or don't want to follow the links we've laid out for you,......

Maybe fences do make good neighbors: A 75 year old Queens woman was attacked by a neighbor's pit bull. Newsday reports that Phyllis Perillo, a retiree, had "retrieved a wayward garbage pail" for the neighbor, whose relative then opened the door to thank Perillo. But the neighbor's pit bull "came flying out," according to Perillo's brother, and mauled her for 15 minutes. Neighbors say that Perillo tried to get up repeatedly, and that another neighbor......

Earlier this week, a New Jersey raccoon decided to visit the big city and hitched a ride on a bus. The bus driver was taken aback when he saw the two-foot raccoon "walking up the aisle to the front of the bus" while driving along 11th Avenue in Midtown. The police helped out by apprehending the stowaway and taking her to Animal Control; a detective guessed, "It probably climbed into a window overnight, seeking shelter."......

Yay! It's gorgeous outside, it's a Friday, and there's a story about an animal bothering New Yorkers - these things make for a very good Gothamist day. In Prospect Heights, a rooster has been waking up residents a little too early with his crack-of-dawn cock-a-doodle-dooing. The rooster's sounds span Dean Street from Vanderbilt to Underhill, creating quite a stir. A sampling of some attitudes:- "I like to call him 'KFC,' because I'd like to see......

If a human jumps a turnstile, the transit cops would be all over him/her. But when a dog gets on the subway without paying the fare, the police want to adopt her. But then again, Gothamist might have the same reaction. A dog got onto a 2 train at Burke Avenue yesterday morning, and took it to 180th Street, where she got onto another train and met a few police officers. The incident gave everyone......

The things one sees in Central Park. Staten Island resident Victor Alexandria was strolling around the Heckesher Playground, but caught people's attention with his company: a three-foot caiman alligator on a leash, 6 foot Burmese python in a bag, and a cockatiel on his shouler. Naturally, a concerned citizen called the police, who approached Alexandria with animal control. Alexandria claimed he was just walking through the park with his wife and kids, but police......

In the chicken vein, there are roosters keeping Harlem residents awake with their crowing from 4AM well into the morning. NY1 called the Health Department and was told "the responsibility lies with the Department of Housing, Preservation and Development since the lot where the roosters roam is city-owned. The HPD told [NY1] it had first been trying to find out who owns the roosters. But now because of this story, HPD had Animal Control remove......