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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

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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

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

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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

By Adam Daly

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Red Hook

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

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Park Slope

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

By Lauren Rapp

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

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Brooklyn Nets’ beloved service dog Acorn retires after years of dedicated duty at Barclays Center

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

Sunset Park demands a dog run after Parks department locks up one of few open pet spaces.

Paw-locked! Sunset Park pet-owners upset over locked park, plead with pols for dog run

By Jada Camille

NY: Puppy Bowl XX Viewing

Boris & Horton dog café saved by $250,000 crowdfunding surge in just one weekend

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Community unites in paw-some effort to save beloved dog café Boris & Horton from closure

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

Boris & Horton will close its Williamsburg location to focus on the East Village, café

A paw print on NYC’s heart: Boris & Horton dog café closing Brooklyn, Manhattan locations

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

NY: Puppy Bowl XX Viewing

Williamsburg dog café and Best Friends Animal Society host Puppy Bowl watch party

By Gabriele Holtermann

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On the lam! Sheep that escaped Sunset Park slaughterhouse settles in New Jersey sanctuary

By Adam Daly

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Bushwick

Maria Hernandez Park dog run in Bushwick set for paw-some $300,000 renovation

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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Inspired by Taylor Swift, Brooklyn Cat Café names 13 adoptable kitties as ‘Cats of the Year’

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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PHOTOS: The best of this year’s Great PUPkin dog costume contest

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Prospect Park Zoo closed indefinitely due to flood damage

By Adam Daly

dogs dressed as train at great PUPkin

It’s the great PUPkin! Beloved Fort Greene dog costume contest turns 25 next month

By Melissa Fishman

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