Animals

UPDATE Bedford Park: Raccoon Seen on Construction Site Scaffolding

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A Citizens app user shared a video posted on Friday, Dec. 15, of a raccoon apparently seen in the scaffolding of a construction site at 33 Bedford Park Boulevard East in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx, located to the right of a barber shop at 47 Bedford Park Boulevard East.

UPDATE NYC EMS & Department of Health Issue Advisory to New Yorkers on How to Beat the Heat

By SÍLE MOLONEY
NYC Emergency Management Department (EMS) and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOH) are advising New Yorkers to take precautions to beat the heat following a heat advisory by the National Weather Service (NWS), from 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, until 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7. Hot and humid conditions are in the forecast from Tuesday to Thursday, with heat index values in the upper 90s across the City, according to NWS.

UPDATE Alligator Found in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park & Cared for at Bronx Zoo Died in April

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Following reports that an alligator, seemingly abandoned in a Prospect Park lake in Brooklyn in February, had been taken in by the Bronx Zoo and was being cared for there, it’s been reported that, in the meantime, the alligator, nicknamed “Godzilla” has sadly since died.   In a statement released on April 21, Bronx Zoo officials said, “The alligator found on Sunday, 19 February 2023 in 37-degree Fahrenheit temperature at Prospect Park Lake and taken to the Bronx Zoo has died. Despite extensive ongoing medical treatment, nutritional support and the successful removal of a bathtub stopper she had ingested while


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Diverse Group of Neighbors Help Reunite Husky with Family

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A diverse community group comprising teenagers, adults, around 13 kids including a 3-year-old toddler, his grandparents, and a storeowner ensured there were happy smiles all around Bedford Park last week after they each worked in different ways to reunite a friendly lost husky called Kenzie with his rightful owners, but not before a few impromptu chases took place across Mosholu Parkway.   Nora Hamond told Norwood News that she was about to enter her building in the vicinity of East 201st Street near Marion Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, April 26, with her 3-year-old grandson, Javier Sierra Hamond, while her husband


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Bronx Man Charged in Dog’s Death; Allegedly Slammed Animal’s Head on Table, Killing Him Instantly

By SÍLE MOLONEY  
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on April 13 that a Bronx man was charged with aggravated cruelty to animals for allegedly killing a 7-year-old Pomeranian dog during an argument with his ex-girlfriend.   In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “This was a spectacularly brutal act of animal abuse. The defendant is being held accountable for allegedly causing multiple fractures to the little dog’s head, killing him instantly.” The district attorney said the defendant, Victor Castillo, 32, of  Webb Avenue in The Bronx, was arraigned on April 13 on an indictment charging aggravated cruelty to animals, New


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UPDATE Mount Hope: Drivers Illegally Place Cone Over Fire Hydrant to Secure Parking Causing Fire Safety Hazard

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Despite repeated reminders by the FDNY not to block critical access to fire hydrants which are needed to access water supply in the event of a fire, at least one driver has resorted to a new low all in a seemingly selfish move to covertly secure a parking space. A resident of the Mount Hope section of The Bronx shared photos with Norwood News which she took of a fire hydrant covered with a traffic cone, an act which has the potential to cause major disruption to firefighters in the event of a fire in the area, not only because


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