Zephyr & Alawa, New Wolf Cubs At The Wolf Conservation Center
Thought you might enjoy some video stills from our shoot this past week. The Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, NY recently brought in two new wolf cubs to the organization to become Ambassador Wolves. As the cubs, Alawa and Zephry, grow into adults they will have the important job of teaching people how important […]
New York Man Arrested For Shooting Dogs With Paintballs
A Brooklyn, New York man was arrested for allegedly shooting his neighbor’s two dogs with paintballs because they were barking. “This is the one that got blasted in the face,” said the dogs’ owner Pete Wojcik, as he pointed to his 3-year-old Pit Bull-Terrier mix Baby whose eye was swollen shut and whose body was […]
Drunk Puppy Buying Banned By New York Pet Stores
You’ve heard of drunk dialing and drunk Facebooking, but drunk puppy buying? Inebriated passers-by are falling in love with playful pooches frolicking in the windows of some West Village, New York City pet stores and the problem has become so bad the owners have banned them from taking the pets home. “I feel like they […]
Long Island Firefighters Rescue Dog Trapped On Roof
We’ve all heard of a cat on a hot tin roof, but what about a dog? Well, that’s what happened to Rosie, a tiny mixed breed from Bay Shore, New York when she decided to go for a sky-high HYPERLINK “http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/06/06/bayshore-firefighters-rescue-dog-trapped-on-roof-for-hours/” adventure on her dog-sitter’s roof. Getting to her precarious perch was the easy part, […]
New York Man Killed His Dog Because He Didn’t Like Him
A Utica, New York man told a judge in court this week that he didn’t see anything wrong with killing the family dog by shooting it twice in the head in April because it was his dog. William Richerson, 58, pleaded guilty in Oneida County Court to aggravated cruelty to an animal and third-degree criminal […]
Long Island Bomb Scare Blamed On Chihuahua
A dog that wasn’t quite housebroken may have been indirectly responsible for a bomb scare at a Long Island, New York courthouse. The trouble began Friday when 19-year-old Melvin Ruffin arrived at a court complex in Central Islip, New York following a long bus ride from his home. During the trip, another passenger’s Chihuahua urinated […]
14 Pit Bulls Saved From Fiery Bronx Apartment
On Monday afternoon, firefighters responding to an apartment fire in the Bronx, New York, got quite a surprise when they broke into the apartment and found 14 pit bulls that had been injured by smoke and fire. After extinguishing the blaze, firefighters, as well as an official from the nonprofit group Animal Care and Control […]
Arizona Dog Saved From Death By War Dog Target, Adopted On Long Island, New York
By YAMICHE ALCINDOR For Newsday.com PERHAPS it was meant to be. Destiny, the dog that dodged euthanization in Arizona after a shelter worker confused her with hero war dog Target, has found a new home on Long Island. Guardians of Rescue, a Nesconset-based nonprofit organization that organizes programs with people and animals, has agreed to […]
More And More Homeless New Yorkers Pick Dogs Over Shelters
By Rachel Ellner for nydailynews.com Joseph Perez sits beside a battered shopping cart filled with street-collectables. Seated on the cart is his most precious possession, a prince with a bone named Shorty. The round-bellied corgi-Jack Russell terrier mix travels with his own possessions. There are chew toys and more than a dozen various-sized stuffed animals […]