Photograph by lisacat on Flickr; full photo set here Our heart melted when we read how this adorable kitten made its way to the Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition:BARC Shelter's kennel manager, Jose, made an unusual rescue last Saturday afternoon. A man named Richard thinks he has a kitten under the hood of his Chevy Tahoe. He's driving and has his dog Duff in the car with him. Duff doesn't like other dogs and really......

While the residual mustard stains have barely dried from last week’s extremely popular Hot Dog Eating Contest at Nathan’s Famous, it seems like the realm of competitive eating in NY has reached an overdue “I’m full” saturation point. So it’s only in the interest of each borough having its own event that we bring you this next story- the 4th Annual Dumpling Eating Contest, taking place on Sunday August 5th as part of the Hong......

Sometimes we just can't get over the cruelty of people. Over in the Gothamist Forum, Lisa, Cecil's foster mom, alerted us to a cat that was found in Greenpoint with some serious injuries. She writes: Cecil is a 5 month-old kitten who was found in Greenpoint. Someone had bound him with a cord or wire so tight that it cut into his neck, opening wounds that became badly infected. He also has other medical......

No, not that kind of drama. rion has taken some gorgeous pictures of a Chelsea sunset, which she calls "Dramatic Chelsea Sunset." rion also mentions Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition shelter, a haven for dogs and cats while they wait to be adopted by loving new mommies and daddies. She just signed up as a volunteer to walk dogs and has pictures of that, too (there's a rooster at BARC and his name is Paul).......