Tag: ANIMALS
State lawmakers have just adopted legislation that will criminalize the tattooing and piercing of domestic pets. The bill was introduced in 2011 by Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal (D-Manhattan), after she learned that a woman in Ross Township, Pennsylvania was selling “gothic kittens” on eBay. The kittens were studded, had piercings on their necks and spines, and one had […]
A group of small, blue and white birds have been harassing the workers of an air-conditioning store in Woodside, Queens. For about a week, they have been swooping down at people coming in and out of the store, pecking them. One bird has been attempting to forcefully nest in an employee’s hair. Another worker told […]
The one-year-old cat who was viciously kicked by terrible person Andre Robinson, has been taken to a new home just hours after being put up for adoption by the ASPCA. It took sixteen people hours of searching for the injured cat before he was brought into the ASPCA Animal Hospital for emergency veterinary care on May 6. “We are […]
Peregrine Falcons — majestic, once-endangered birds of prey — have a habit of nesting on top of New York City’s bridges. Recently, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection tagged some peregrine chicks living on top of the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial, Throgs Neck, and Verrazano Bridges, and took the above photos. The young birds are at once […]
In 1999, New York City banned pet ferrets, citing “unpredictable behavior,” “vicious, unprovoked attacks on humans,” and “serious injuries to infants.” That same year, then-mayor Rudy Giuliani took a call on the subject during his weekly radio show that lives on in infamy. Now, Bill de Blasio wants to reverse the ban. According to the […]
Remember the hubbub about Ukraine’s military dolphins? Turns out the U.S. Navy has them, too. Our mammalian friends won’t be heading into fin-to-fin combat anytime soon, though. As the Guardian explains, they’re mostly used to find underwater mines: Yes, the navy trains and keeps dolphins, whose powerful innate echolocation abilities help sailors spot suspicious undersea objects that […]
Yesterday, a carriage horse collapsed and was pinned underneath its carriage outside Central Park South. A witness to the event said the horse was scared by a turning bus and attempted to run when it fell. The carriage industry’s spokesman, however, tells a different story, claiming that one of the vehicle’s wheels was caught against […]
According to a report published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, an unexpected effect of climate change might have Puerto Rico’s coqui frogs croaking at a different pitch than they did decades ago. In 1983 and 1984, Peter Narins and a group of other researchers discovered that the higher the frogs lived in […]
Sit back and ooh-ahh at these trippy, colorful macro photos of butterfly and moth wings by Linden Gledhill, a biochemist/photographer who’s also directed at least one really great music video. It’s enough to make want to bust out a Magic Eye book. Look at those patterns, maaaaan. […]
New York City is a cold, unforgiving place for a rabbit without a place to live, and bunny homelessness is only on the rise. According to DNAinfo, Animal Control took in 380 of the critters last year, up from 341 the year before. “I’ve never lived somewhere where this happens as often as it does here,” P.J. McKosky, a representative […]
