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Cats With Mats: Sunday Yoga at the Brooklyn Cat Cafe

Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition’s very own cat cafe opened last weekend to brisk business  (full post to come on that soon), entertaining visitors of all ages who have packed the place at 149 Atlantic Avenue, only too happy to hang out with cats and kittens in the cozy space. But on Sunday morning (May […]

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The Kittens Are Coming!

Following the success of a pop-up café in Fort Greene last fall, Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition will open a permanent cat café on Atlantic Avenue this week, with a gala opening on Friday night followed by its official opening to the public on Saturday. “We’ve been working on it for months,” said the BBAWC’s […]

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Lost Gray/White Cat on Monroe Place?

Our friends at Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition tell us that they’ve been contacted about a gray and white cat recently spotted on Monroe Place. It doesn’t seem to have a home, and the person who saw it said that she had never seen the cat in the neighborhood before. We’d love to help get […]

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Brooklyn Heights Kittens Hit the Puppy Bowl Big-Time

Kittens rescued by our own Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition will be appearing during Sunday’s Puppy Bowl XII’s Kitty Half-Time Show on Animal Planet on February 7. This isn’t the first time that our local rescue felines have been featured by the network; in 2013, a mama cat and kittens rescued from Hurricane Sandy by BBAWC were featured on an episode […]

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The BHB Ten for 2015!

Here, in no particular order, are the people you, the readers, and we nominated for the Brooklyn Heights Ten for the past year, 2015. Tracy (“Mrs. Fink”) Zamot and daughter Gracie: The sudden and unexpected loss of BHB’s founder, publisher, contributor, and guiding light John “Homer Fink” Loscalzo last April left all of us on […]

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Gorgeous Calicoes Seek A New Home in 2016

From Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition: Kari and her sister Khleo were returned to BBAWC after they were adopted as kittens in August 2012. It would be wonderful if these sisters could be adopted as a pair, but each could be happy as a single cat if she received lots of attention. Kari, Khleo and their […]

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Happy Howl-O-Ween!

Join our good friends from the Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition and Perfect Paws this Sunday for the annual Howl-O-Ween Pet pet parade and adoption event on the Promenade. Fresh off the sucess of Brooklyn’s first cat cafe, the BBAWC will host a pet parade from 11 am to 5 pm–scary, funny, or spectacular, your pet’s […]

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Join Our BBAWC at Brooklyn’s First Cat Cafe

Join our very own Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition as it launches Brooklyn’s first cat café this weekend. Though the local, grass roots animal rescue group had hoped to establish a café here in Brooklyn Heights, it’s joined forces with the Fort Greene’s Who’s Your Doggy and WeRuVa pet food company to open The Cat’s […]

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Kitten Palooza on Montague Street Friday

Join our friends at Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition at the North Shore Animal League adoption van Friday from 1 – 6 pm. Dozens of bundles of furry adorableness will be available for adoption!

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Lost, scared tabby spotted on Remsen St

From our good friends at the Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition: A scared tabby was seen recently cowering in the backyard of a home on Remsen St., between Henry and Hicks. Please let us know if you’ve lost your kitty by posting here or contacting brooklynbridgeanimals@yahoo.com.      

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