More information has emerged about the mysterious, scared-looking wolf discovered wandering the streets of Brooklyn last night: for starters, she's actually a wolf-dog hybrid (as many of our commenters already guessed), and her future is uncertain at the moment. more ›

New Yorkers will never be satisfied. Whereas Main Street America is content to find companionship with dogs, cats, fish and the occasional Guinea Pig, New Yorkers keep getting busted for harboring weird, illegal pets like turkeys, iguanas and sugar bears. The Post reports that the "lions share" of the 42 New Yorkers busted for having illegal pets were in Brooklyn, probably because their chicken coops weren't as inconspicuous as they imagined. more ›

Since Connecticut has banned the ownership of exotic animals—including gorillas, chimps, orangutans, lions, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, ocelots, bobcats and other big, wild cats, wolves, coyotes and bears—as pets, the state is offering a one-day amnesty program that will allow people to bring in their exotic and illegal pets to a zoo without repercussions. The Connecticut Post reports, "All animals collected become property of the DEP... homes will be found for the animals, though probably not at the zoo. Most of the pets will likely go to wildlife sanctuaries or other agencies equipped to handle them." The director of the Beardsley Zoo, where owners can turn in their pets on July 25, Gregg Dancho said he's seen monkeys hanging out in kitchen and people walking mountain lions, "A lot of times, this is impulse buying." Oh, this reminds us of Ming, the tiger found in a Harlem apartment nearly six years ago. more ›