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puppy in cage at pet store

Brooklyn’s pet stores push back on retail sale ban — but activists say it’s much-needed

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Adam Daly

feral cat shelters in Brooklyn

Baby, it’s cold outside: Cat lovers build shelters to help Brooklyn’s feral felines face winter weather

By Kirstyn Brendlen

sea otters at new york aquarium

Coney Island dreamin’: Rescued sea otters find new home at New York Aquarium

By Kirstyn Brendlen

brooklyn children's museum tarantula

Creepy crawlies: Brooklyn Children’s Museum opens competition to name 3 new tarantulas

By Kirstyn Brendlen

animal welfare city council hearing

The state of animal welfare in New York City? Not great, advocates say at City Council hearing

By Kirstyn Brendlen

flatbush cat veterinary clinic

‘A solvable problem’: Brooklyn’s animal rescuers say city-funded veterinary clinics could help end shelter crisis

By Kirstyn Brendlen

bed-stuy goldfish bond

Bedford-Stuyvesant

Bed-Stuy’s makeshift goldfish pond is going strong, but not without controversy

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

dogs at adoption event

Warm and fuzzy: Dozens of shelter pets find their fur-ever homes at Brooklyn Borough Hall adoption event

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Brooklyn Cyclones’ ‘Bark in the Park’ scores big with furry fans

By Annie MacKeigan

adopt shelter animal

Brooklyn Borough Hall to host annual Adopt A Shelter Animal event as crowded shelters struggle

By Kirstyn Brendlen

NY: Inaugural Pup-lympics at Hillside Dog Park

Brooklyn Heights

Dogs go for gold at inaugural ‘Pup-lympics’ in Brooklyn Heights

By Gabriele Holtermann

parrot in bay ridge smoke shop

Bay Ridge

Free Bird! Bay Ridgeites rescue parrot trapped in smoke shop for three months

By Adam Daly

Animals welcomed back the crowds to Prospect Park Zoo after eight months

Prospect Park Zoo reopens to the public with new animals born during storm-related shutdown

By Adam Daly

peregrine falcon chick at verrazzano-narrows bridge

Bay Ridge

Three fuzzy peregrine falcon chicks hatch atop Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

By Ben Brachfeld & Brooklyn Paper staff

Water cascading into the basement of Prospect Park Zoo on Sept. 29 - submerging the zoo's heat and electrical infrastructure in as much as 25 feet of water

Prospect Park Zoo will reopen Memorial Day weekend, but future flood risks remain

By Adam Daly

seal on beach in new york wildlife

Brooklyn gone wildlife: Warmer weather brings birds, whales, and much more back to Kings County

By Kirstyn Brendlen

prospect park zoo

Prospect Park Zoo set to reopen later this month after undergoing flood repairs

By Adam Daly

sei whale

Red Hook

Endangered sei whale dies near Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in possible ship strike

By Kirstyn Brendlen

People petting rescue dog at Woofstock

Park Slope

Come adopt a puppy during ‘Woofstock’ in Park Slope Saturday

By Lauren Rapp

bee hotel flower

Insect infrastructure: ‘Bee hotels’ to provide refuge for pollinators in Brooklyn pedestrian plazas

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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