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Beautiful border collie in front of a USA flag with sunglasses

Pets

How to keep your pets safe during July 4 fireworks

Posted on July 4, 2025

Dracula (left) was the first dog to get a thank you in an acceptance speech at the Tony Awards.

Pets

Pets and the City | Dracula becomes the first dog officially thanked in a Tony acceptance speech

Posted on June 30, 2025

Fern Watt and her dog Bette.

Pets

Pets and the City | What type of dog should you get in New York City?

Posted on April 23, 2025

Pets

Pets and the City: Introducing a new column about dogs!

Posted on April 8, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Cats and canines: Flatbush Vet prepares to launch much-needed affordable dental care for pets

NYPD Harbor Unit members who rescued dog from East River

Saving a best friend: NYPD rescues dog found struggling to stay afloat in East River

Posted on March 30, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Construction underway on ‘state-of-the-art’ new Animal Care Centers shelter in East New York

Woman walking dog in NYC street as PAWS Act considered

Pet owners, animal advocates speak out to support NYS’s proposed PAWS Act to protect furry friends from street collisions

Posted on February 13, 2025

Brooklyn Paper

Firefighters brave freezing temps to battle Brooklyn blaze, rescue pet

Furry friend fun! Happy Tails opens new doggy day care in Tribeca.

Pets

A furry paradise! Happy Tails, NYC’s first members-only dog club, expands to Tribeca

Posted on December 23, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

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

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Brooklyn Paper

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

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Pets

Check out these 4 adorable rescued dogs available for adoption in NYC

Posted on October 30, 2024

Dogs in NYC in danger or exposure to marijuana

Cannabis

Pothead pets: Veterinarians see uptick in marijuana toxicity in pets as THC use grows in NYC

Posted on October 25, 2024

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Soho

Furniture retailer Cozey opens first brick-and-mortar store in the USA in Soho

Posted on October 11, 2024

people in a park at a press conference about pets and service animals in New York

Politics

New bill would increase fines for drivers who hit pets, service animals in New York

Posted on September 25, 2024

the Mars Summer Treat Pack Truck will be handing out free treats, while supplies last, in New York City.

Pets

Grab free treats for you and your pup from the Mars Summer Treat Pack Truck this weekend

Posted on August 23, 2024

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Rescue dogs on the NYC runway at the ‘Furry, Fashionable and Fabulous’ show

Posted on August 15, 2024

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Pets

New York City politics is a doggy world; dog mayor canine-didates hope to ‘bark’ change

Posted on August 14, 2024

Brooklyn Paper

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

Pets

This NYC vet makes house calls. In ‘Pets and the City,’ she’s penned a memoir full of tails

Posted on June 10, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Boris & Horton to close Williamsburg dog café, owners receive death threats over crowdfunding campaign

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Pets find ‘fur-ever’ homes at Best Friends Animal Society’s pop-up playpen in Times Square

Posted on May 3, 2024

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Bronx Times

‘A groundbreaking initiative’: City’s first pet-friendly homeless shelter opens in the Bronx

Pets

‘Puppy Bowl’ celebrates a big anniversary this year, one that shelter and rescue pups will cheer

Posted on February 8, 2024

Pets

Pets are our faithful companions, but the costs to care for them can add up

Posted on September 9, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Gone hog wild! Brooklynites baffled by posters looking for lost pet pig

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Top dog! The new canine mayor New Yorkers didn’t know they needed, but that they deserve

Posted on January 17, 2023

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Midtown Manhattan

Caged and afraid: Activists protest Humane Society of New York’s Midtown facility for halting adoptions

Posted on November 11, 2022

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Manhattan West Woof Fest: HOWL-oween returning with pet-friendly fun for Halloween weekend

Posted on October 19, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

Fuzzy Brooklynites blessed across the borough at annual Blessing of the Animals

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Pets

PHOTOS: Dogs go on a unique tour of New York City with Circle Line NYC

Posted on August 3, 2022

Pets

Your dog’s personality may have little to do with its breed

Posted on April 29, 2022

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Holidays

Get a portrait painted of your pet at Grand Army Bar in Brooklyn

Posted on December 1, 2021

Cat and dog sleeping. Puppy and kitten sleep.

Pets

Veterinarian offers words of advice for keeping pets cool during the hot summer days

Posted on August 12, 2021

Pets

Cockapoo snags top spot as most popular dog breed in New York City: report

Posted on July 5, 2021

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Homewreckers: NYPD evicts homeless couple from FDR encampment

Posted on June 30, 2021

The city is vaccinating raccoons to help control the spread of rabies.

Health

City will vaccinate raccoons against rabies at two Manhattan parks

Posted on June 15, 2021

U.S. insurance regulators ready proposed law for fast-growing pet coverage

Pets

U.S. regulators inch toward pet-insurance rules

Posted on March 27, 2021

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Pets

Report shows that pet selling fraud schemes are on the rise

Posted on February 13, 2021

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Health

Check out these tips to making healthy resolutions for your pets in 2021

Posted on January 9, 2021

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East Village vintage store gives your pet the gift of style

Posted on December 22, 2020

Senior Dog Relaxing On Sofa

Pets

New York City shelter teams up with dog food company to help get senior dogs adopted

Posted on December 17, 2020

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Shopping

Here are some gifts that pets and pet lovers will enjoy

Posted on November 26, 2020

Cat and dog sleeping. Puppy and kitten sleep.

Pets

Here are some NYC Animal Shelters that are offering foster and adoption options during COVID

Posted on September 6, 2020

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What to know about pets and coronavirus

Posted on May 25, 2020

This great pyreenees takes a break during the service.

Greenwich Village

Blessing of the pets held for World Animal Day

Posted on October 14, 2019

This great pyreenees takes a break during the service.

Greenwich Village

Blessing of the pets held for World Animal Day

Posted on October 14, 2019

More from around NYC

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CM Riley, Roads to Success and AIMHIGH sponsoring 40 Bronx youths to attend financial empowerment conference

Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers was the first African-American to play in the major leagues.

Jackie Robinson’s ties to Queens go beyond the parkway bearing his name: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

NY: A Night at Niblo’s Garden – Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery honors William Niblo with sold-out Victorian spectacle

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens at a Make Oklahoma Healthy Again kickoff event at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. June 26, 2025.

RFK abruptly cancels meeting of task force responsible for determining preventive services