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Couple Stocks Apartment With Guns, Drugs, Alligator, Obviously Gets Caught

On Monday, Michael Volpe, 32, and Alisa Volpe, 25, were arrested in their apartment in Brooklyn's Gravesend neighborhood by the NYPD when the cops gained entry with a search warrant. No big deal, because this is the NYPD, and that's what they do. But when cops searched the apartment, they found an ... More >>

NJ Voters Actually Support Bill Requiring Dogs to Wear Seat Belts (Sigh)

A bill proposed in the New Jersey State Legislature that would require animals to wear seat belts in the car has the support of the majority of voters, according to a recent poll conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind.According to the poll, conducted earlier this month, 45 percent ... More >>

New Jersey's Proposed Seat Belt Law For Dogs Isn't As Dumb As It Sounds (Just Kidding)

If a New Jersey legislator gets her way, the Garden State will have the toughest seat belt laws in the country...for dogs.Democratic New Jersey Assemblywoman Grace Spencer has proposed a bill that would give law enforcement the authority to issue a a $20 ticket to anyone caught driving around with t ... More >>

Reward For Long Island Scumbag Who Threw Puppy From Moving Car Now $25,000

If getting an animal-torturing shit-bag off the streets isn't enough, there are now 25,000 more reasons to turn in the person who threw a 3-month-old puppy out of a moving car in Long Island over the weekend.We told you about "Joey" -- a 3-month-old pit bull -- on Tuesday, at which point the reward ... More >>

Six Very Important Interactions Between Rappers And Dogs

As part of this weekend's Catalpa Festival, Snoop Dogg will slouch around Randall's Island to perform his debut album, Doggystyle, in its entirety. With the Doggfather being somewhat obsessed with all things canine, SOTC decided it was fine time to shed light on hip-hop's infatuation with dogs. But ... More >>

First Rule Of Puppy-Fight Club: Don't Tell The Bronx District Attorney

A Building superintendent at a Bronx apartment building was indicted yesterday for allegedly running a dog-fighting ring out of the basement of the building. At the time of his arrest, dozens of dogs -- in various stages of poor health -- were recovered.Additionally, authorities say 54-year-old Raul ... More >>

Cat-Killing Father And Son Face Prison Time In Beating Death Of Own Cat

You'd think that at ages 60 and 29, the prepubescent thrill of killing animals (most typically found in soon-to-be serial killers) would have faded. That, apparently, is not the case for a father and son in Brooklyn, who authorities say beat a cat to death and then tossed it in the road.Jean Rog Mur ... More >>

Are Your Pets Safe on The Fourth of July?

Fido and his furry friends don't like fireworks. Turns out, most pets find the flaming, colorful noisemakers completely terrifying. We had heard that animals didn't seem to like all of the ruckus of fourth of July celebrations, but it turns out that city pets risk injury -- so much so that the phe ... More >>

Bronx Woman Arrested for Starving Her Pups

No one likes a canine abuser so here's a story that most likely will not cheer up your Saturday.At the end of February, the Humane Law Enforcement responded to a complaint in the north borough by neighbors who had spotted two frail pups hanging around an apartment building on Webster Avenue. Th ... More >>

Assemblymember Micah Kellner on The Companion Animal Access and Rescue Act (UPDATE)

Amy Paulin (D-Westchester) isn't the only assemblymember sponsoring an animal shelter bill in Albany. Micah Kellner (D-Manhattan) is pushing a rival piece of legislation, which he says would do a better job of protecting stray cats and dogs. Kellner's Companion Animal Access and Rescue Act would ... More >>

Assemblymember Amy Paulin On The Shelter Access Bill

In response to longtime concerns over how shelters and rescues treat animals, Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Westchester) has sponsored the Shelter Access Bill. The proposed legislation has been in the works for several years. After intense debate -- including outcry from some "no-kill" animal rights ... More >>

In Defense Of Richard Ferrugio, Alleged Cat Bludgeoner...

​An Associated Press article made the Internet rounds over the weekend about a man who was arrested last week for allegedly beating a cat to death with a tire iron outside of a bar in Queens last month.As much as we'd like to vilify 39-year-old Richard Ferrugio for being the complete shit-bag he a ... More >>

The Horse-Drawn Carriage Debate Continues; Local Groups and Celebrities Call for a Ban

Michelle D. Anderson​The effort to ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City rages on. Another report of a carriage horse collapse in a two-week span has left animal-rights advocates -- including celebrities such as Glee's Lea Michele and Pamela Anderson -- with a renewed passion to end the u ... More >>

"Pippa Butt Lift" Is Hot New Surgery Craze; Post Employees Ordered to Preserve Documents

​People are now asking, en masse apparently, for surgery to make their butts look like Pippa Middleton's. A plastic surgeon in Miami told Fox News that "ever since the royal wedding, Pippa Middleton has become the new queen of the booty! She opens the doors to those who did not know you could have ... More >>

Snake Murdered by Fake Boob [Video]

Where is the ASPCA? PETA? Someone?​Back on the Adorable Animals in Trouble beat this Monday, we've learned with horror of the tale of the model, the snake, and the poisonous silicone breasts that killed that poor snake when it reacted in the only way it could after Israeli model Orit Fox appea ... More >>

Live: Alexander Robotnick And Thugfucker Celebrate The Dog & Pony Show's Birthday At Hotel Rivington

Mr. Robotnick, not the retiring type. Pics by Chris, more below.​The Dog & Pony Show One-Year Anniversary Starring Alexander Robotnick, Thugfucker, and CCC Thor at the Rivington Hotel Sunday, February 27 Better Than: The ASPCA's Happy Hardcore Party at the Hotel Carter. Pulling in at the tai ... More >>

Tying Up Your Dog and Leaving Him on the Street May Soon Be Illegal

​The good crusaders at Dogs Tied Up NYC (the local blog that takes pity on dogs whose owners tie them up outside by... taking photos of them and blogging about them!) may have reason to celebrate: amNY says the City Council is considering a law that would make it illegal to tie up dogs for mo ... More >>

Winter Guide: A Guide to 2010 Holiday Gifts

For the Less Neiman Marcus-inclined. P.S. Get your damn hands off the ostrich!

Williamsburg Madness: CrazyLady "Body Slams" Poor Doggie on Street in Front of Onlookers

​Everyone knows the water in New York is special, but what the hell is Williamsburg getting in their tap these days, exactly? Sure, the neighborhood is particularly prone to bouts of surreal madness even the most seasoned New Yorker finds themselves eye-rolling at, but shocking? Maybe five yea ... More >>

Judge Judy's Cat-Killing-Hipster Plaintiff Speaks: An Interview With Teeth Mountain's Kate Levitt and Andrew Burt

A little over a month ago, Baltimore primal-noise collective Teeth Mountain set the internet on fire with a dubiously outrageous appearance on Judge Judy. Teeth Mountain co-founder Kate Levitt, 24, alleged that Jonathan Coward of SHAMS got so drunk he smashed a TV and killed her cat. What followed ... More >>

A Week of Human Cheese; Is Your CSA a Ripoff?

This week in food blogs... Eater compiled a list of the best headlines for stories about Daniel Angerer's breast milk cheese. FitR fave: "N.Y. Chef Keeps Abreast of Food Trends With Mother's-Milk Cheese." Grub Street reported that the ASPCA might have to send a "letter of disapproval" to Sushi Uo ... More >>

ASPCA Seizes 37 Cats from 1-Bedroom Apartment in Brooklyn

Here's a pretty good New York Cat Lady: the ASPCA has found a woman living in a 1BR in an unspecified Brooklyn neighborhood (alas for our prejudices! We'd like to think it's Park Slope) with 37 cats. She is being allowed to keep two of her cats, while the rest are being examined for diseases and w ... More >>

Oreo, RIP

​Oreo, the pit bull terrier mix who survived a six-story fall from a Red Hook roof last summer, was euthanized by the ASPCA Friday despite protests, twitters, 2 death threats and over 2oo phone calls from animal lovers.

Justice for Oreo: Alleged Dog Thrower Charged

​Oreo, the pit bull who was allegedly thrown from a Red Hook roof in June, is still nursing her considerable injuries, but may take some comfort from the fact that her alleged assailant, 19-year-old Fabian Henderson, has been indicted by the Brooklyn D.A.'s office for aggravated animal cruelty ... More >>

NYCHA: Pit Bulls, 26 Other Breeds Prohibited from the Projects

If you live in the projects, starting May 1 there are 27 breeds of dog you will not be permitted to keep in your apartment, per a New York City Housing Authority decree. The local press naturally focuses on the pit bulls, rottweilers, and dobermans excluded by this policy, as these will stir in old ... More >>

Brooklyn DA Nabs Killers in Vicious Cat Murder

The vicious teen killers apparently had nothing better to do: On October 7, Angelo Monderoy, 18, and Matthew Cooper, 17, broke into a vacant apartment at 1933 Union Street. There, they allegedly lured the helpless victim inside. Pinning the innocent to the floor, the duo squirted lighter fluid all ... More >>

Ruined's Women Face a Congo Civil War; Shipwrecked!'s Hero Wrestles with His Imagination

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Helping your fellow animals

Bill to Ban Horse & Carriages Met with Unbridled Anger

Letters

To Catch a Thief

Vigilantes set up sting operation to catch pigeon poachers

The Conquering Hoard

Sniffing Out Animal Lovers Who Care Too Much

Hot to Bot

Artists assemble wonderous machines with scavenged parts and scrappy know-how

Oh My Goth!

Born Under the Sign of Satyrn

Letters

Man's Best Defense

Tyler Eison turns pit bull pups into deadly weapons

Film

Cock of the Walk

What Mr. Rooster said to Mrs. Hen and then there was talk of an egg

Goodbye, Columbus

I am wearing shorts, a tank top, and flip-flops. You will see why this is relevant.

Pet Adoption

Rescue Me-ow

Mondo Bizarro!

NY Mirror

Letters

Letters

Horse Rules

An ASPCA Campaign Is Saddled With Criticism

Hack Work

The Not-So-Quaint Lives of New York's Carriage Horses