For years, Upper East Side residents have wondered whether the ongoing Second Avenue Subway work is causing them health issues, and in particular respiratory problems. But while those concerns have mostly been brushed aside, UES residents are now truly concerned about the health of their furry best friends: "There has definitely been an increase in complaints," Veterinarian Dr. Paul Schwartz told DNAInfo.
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Are Dogs Getting Sick From Second Ave. Subway Work?
Video: Watch This Guy Try To Sell Puppies Out Of A Bag On The Subway
A man was recently spotted on a crowded 4 train selling month old puppies out of a bag. The Chihuahuas were being hawked for $250 to $300, depending on if they were male or female, and the salesman notes that this is a cheap price because they usually go for 600 bucks. The straphangers ooh'd and ahh'd over the puppies, of which he had five (there were six, but one got "smothered").
Video: David Cross Celebrates Pussies In Cat Soup
Internet, this one is for you. Internet-loved comedian David Cross has gone and made a parody of Internet-favorite The Soup focusing on the topic of the Internet's greatest obsession: Cats. Yup, Cat Soup has landed. Warning though, this thing gets weird (and kind of curse-filled). Just wait for it:
Video: Hungry Hawk Devours Helpless Pigeon In Madison Square Park
New York's raptors, keeping our streets clean one pigeon at a time! If you didn't already have a soft spot our city's many hardcore hawks, perhaps these pictures and video of one happily devouring a winged rat pigeon in Madison Square Park will do the trick? Seriously, who needs Shake Shack when there is fresh squab flying around?
John Lennon Was A Crazy Cat Man
We know that John Lennon loved to make music and bake bread... but did you know he was also a crazy cat lady at heart? According to Mental Floss, Lennon owned a number of cats throughout his lifetime, starting with his first childhood pet, named Elvis. There is also an adorable story involving a stray he saved, and trips he would make to the local fishmonger to buy treats for it! When he became famous with The Beatles, he would still call in to check on the cat (which he had named Tim).
Madison Square Park Gets New Wildlife... With New Art Project
Madison Square Park typically delivers some great public art—the giant head, the shiny things, the treehouses, and now a new installation has arrived. This one is from Dutch artist Jacco Olivier, and "features six painterly animations of various nature scenes installed at different locations throughout the Park from 'Rabbit Hole' within the grass to 'Bird' within the tree branches." Enjoy it while eating some of the park's edible masterpieces at Shake Shack.
Lawsuit To Determine If Dogs Have Souls
Do puppies have souls? There is probably a Buzzfeed photolist showing 50 puppies with souls somewhere, but now a more definitive answer will be handed down from the courts, thanks to a new lawsuit just filed right here in New York City.
Zoo York City: The Best Animal Stories Of 2011
Thankfully, 2011 wasn't only stuffed full of natural disasters, Bloomberg's nannying, global protest movements and sketchy politician scandals—it was also filled with adorable animals! Whether they were a terrifying creature washed ashore on Long Island Beach, sitting snuggly in a Baby Bjorn or being serenaded by a Mariachi band, some of our favorite stories of the year were about animals. Click through to check out some of our favorite critters of 2011.
How To Get A Cat On A Leash, Redux
The cat-on-a-leash phenomenon continues unabated today with a new firsthand account in the Times on the trials and tribulations of training your cat (sorry, make that "pedicat") to walk on a leash. We've seen it before, but not until now have we known, in such vivid detail, how to do it ourselves.
Videos: You Know You Want To Watch These Animals Opening Presents At The Zoo
It's the most wonderful time of the year... when we get to see animals opening up colorful Christmas presents at the city's zoo. Last year we saw a polar bear in Central Park open up a gift box containing fishsicles and fruit (what, no bloodsicle?), and this year the Wildlife Conservation Society offers up the below videos. They show Prospect Park's dwarf mongooses unwrapping gifts of mealworm treats, and bears in the Queens Zoo digging into their specially wrapped peanut butter!
Let's Save Sumi The Cat This Christmas!
Let's cut to the chase here: if this cat isn't adopted by December 26th, the current owners are going to euthanize her, making it the saddest Boxing Day ever. So let's save her!
What To Do When Your Roommate "Rescues" A Rooster
What would you do if you came home to find a rooster in your kitchen? That's the situation one NYer has currently found himself in—a Reddit user posted about their rooster-rescuing roomie who brought home the cock without first asking (read their whole post below). Someone really should make an etiquette sign about this.
Turtle Spotted On Brooklyn Subway Could Be Inwood's Missing Turtle
Every once in a while, an animal rides the subway, and it's usually pretty cute. But this poor guy, a tiny box turtle trapped on the Atlantic-Pacific platform in Brooklyn, just looks really, really freaked out. Could it be because he's actually Lionel, the escaped box turtle from the Inwood Hill Nature Center, blown so very far from home?
62 Cats And Counting: Confessions Of A Serial Cat Killer
Since he decided he could no longer justify the idea of TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) for urban feral cats, Paul Zhang has seen a lot of cats put down. How many? "I did five cats from a few other people," he told us, before describing taking 62 cats—25 from his own home—to three different vets in Queens to be freed from their mortal coil. "People keep calling me crazy now and won't talk about my solution" he says, "but I told the three vets I used exactly what it is. I am trying to prevent or reduce colony cat suffering. Why would I go through this trouble, to do this? What sick reason could I have?"
Meet The Proud Cat Killer Of Brooklyn And Queens
Dozens of cats in Brooklyn and Queens have been killed by an "angel of death" trained to trap-neuter-and-return, who now wants to do the right thing and "save" them, a fact which might never have come to light if it weren't for one unfortunate orange cat from Bushwick named Anthony.
Escaped Turtle In Inwood Not Exactly A Top Priority For Park Rangers
A cute eastern box turtle has been missing from the Inwood Hill Nature Center for several days now, and befuddled park rangers don't seem too worried about the little guy's fate. And unlike some other escaped animals who became instant Internet celebrities, the turtle has not exactly captured the public's attention.
Photos: Adorable Animals All Over Meet The Breeds!
Hey guys, did you make it to the third annual American Kennel Club/The International Cat Association "Meet the Breeds" event at the Javits Center this weekend? Were you inspired by our preview on Friday and needed to see the cuteness for yourself? Perhaps you wanted to catch a glimpse of the highly competitive cat agility contests? No? Oh, well, we were there, and it was pretty gosh-darn adorable.
Adorable Alert: Meet The Breeds This Weekend!
The third annual American Kennel Club "Meet the Breeds" event is coming up at the Javits Center this weekend, the weekend-long celebration of all things ridiculously cute. Photographer Katie Sokoler got a sneak peek of the adorableness yesterday, reporting back with a first look at sphynx cats dressed as princesses, chihuahuas with perfect manicures, and cairn terriers (aka Toto dogs) with their Wizard-ly owners.
Awww: Soldiers Reunited With Adorable Afghan Animals
While things were nuts at LaGuardia yesterday, the scene at JFK was all about the "awwws" when a number of U.S. troops were reunited with the dogs (and a cat) they'd grown attached to while deployed in Afghanistan. "I’ve been home for 2 months and I’ve been waiting for him ever since," Petty Officer Zachary Henning told CBS regarding his furry pal Gus. "He helped me survive out there and now I’m going to give him a home and allow him to survive now." See what we mean about the "awwwws?"
Literal Watchdogs Escort Women Home In Windsor Terrace
In the wake of a series of sexual assaults on women around South Brooklyn, a variety of community-led defenses have sprung up: volunteers on foot and bike have offered to escort women home, and self-defense classes are a hot commodity. So it's only natural that dogs should be the next level of protection, even if they're not exactly Cujo material.
Occupy Wall Street Gets Free Healthcare For Furry Friends
Getting affordable health care is still a struggle for many in the 99%, but for pets in Zuccotti Park, it's free. Veterinarians who support Occupy Wall Street offer free check-ups for pets in the park once a week. "I supported OWS right from the beginning," Dr. Konstantine Barsky tells the Daily News. "On the second night I realized there were a lot of animals here. I figured the best way I could participate would be giving my skills." Treating patients for pepper spray remains the same for most animals, regardless of species.
Adorable Doggy Great PUPkin Halloween Costume Contest Rescheduled For Sunday
A quick PSA for pet-owners planning on dressing up your furry friends for the 13th Annual Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest in Fort Greene Park this weekend: due to tomorrow's impending nor'easter, the contest is being rescheduled to Sunday. But it will still be absolutely freaking adorable!
American Museum Of Natural History Restores Beloved Animal Dioramas
The American Museum of Natural History's dioramas of animals in their habitats are one of the most beloved parts of the museum, which is why they are in the middle of getting a $2.5 million touch-up.
Photos, Video: Surviving Ohio Exotic Animals Settling In At Zoo, Details On Owner's Death
A day after Ohio authorities killed dozens of exotic animals had been released from their cages by their owner, who was found dead at his farm, police detailed how the man died. Terry Thompson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and sometime later, a tiger bit his head.
Deer Found Bound And Injured In Brooklyn Waters
Earlier today we got an alert about a few deer being rescued from the water under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge... but it turns out the animals weren't taking a little pleasure swim, after all. Tragically, one of the deer was found tied up under the Brooklyn side of the bridge, with its legs bound, according to CityRoom. Two other deer were nearby on the rocks, and reported to the police via a 911 call. The officers on the scene "said they were likely to be turned over to Animal Care and Control."
Watch Bronx Zoo Bears Get Into The Fall Spirit, With Pumpkins
When we think of fall we think of a lot of things: Apples, cooler weather, leaves changing color and, of course, animals adorably playing with pumpkins. And what do you know! Just in time for the first day of fall (tomorrow), the Bronx Zoo has gone and released a new adorable video of some of its brown bears doing what they do with a batch of fresh pumpkins. Are you ready to see some really cute pumpkin eating, rolling and splashing?
Impaled Swan Returned To The Wild
Good news for animal lovers: today, the Long Island swan that was cruelly impaled with an arrow by some sick person in July was released back into the wild, arrow-free.
Electric Eel At The New York Aquarium Finally Gets A Name
Remember last month, when the New York Aquarium got itself a fancy new electric eel, and they didn't know what to call it? We suggested several electric possibilities (Con Eddie, anyone?), but apparently the Aquarium didn't feel the same way, because they ended up going with something else entirely: Wattson.
Sad Day: Prospect Park Zoo's Beloved Cow Aggie Dies
Another cow moves on to that great barnyard in the sky today, as word comes from the Prospect Park Zoo that their beloved cow, Aggie, has passed away.
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