January 3, 2006
Horse, attached to carriage, runs for 6 blocks, collides with car
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September 24, 2005
Rabid raccoons may be on the loose in Queens
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July 28, 2005
Don't get bit: West Nile virus returns, via mosquitoes
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Two Manhattan men infected.
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March 2, 2005
Another dog zapped by errant Con Ed electricity
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February 17, 2005
Drowning, freezing dogs saved in Central Park by "Gates" attendant with hook used to unfurl curtains
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February 14, 2005
Pit bull attacks 67-y-o woman in Queens
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January 25, 2005
At least 3 dogs shocked by Con Ed electrical box in separate incidents
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Brooklyn and Manhattan. At what point does someone take oversight of this away from Con Ed? It is scary and unbelievable this is still going on.
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January 14, 2005
$200M horse-racing doping/gambling ring busted up at Aquaduct race track, elsewhere
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December 23, 2004
Family sues NYPD for killing pet pitbull on housing project roof
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Dog was leashed and muzzled. Coincidentally, Timothy Stansbury was killed on same roof three months later.
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December 21, 2004
Gross. Woman gets settlement after bathroom ceiling collapses, rats fall out
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December 15, 2004
Over-zealous hawk advocate arrested for stalking, harassing Paula Zahn and husband
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I never thought the Pale Male saga would end up as a topic on ScaryNY.
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November 13, 2004
Naked man jumps into alligator pit at Bronx Zoo
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Unsurprisingly, cops say man was an EDP.
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City's rat extermination program shows some progress
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Still seems bad in my neighborhood.
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October 3, 2004
Pack of wild dogs terrorizes residents on the far West Side
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Homeless man keeps them in junk lot, but they get out.
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September 2, 2004
Two midtown pit bulls are terrorizing other neighborhood dogs
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August 22, 2004
14 search-and-rescue dogs active on 9/11 have since died
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8 of them from cancer. Connection to air at Ground Zero?
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August 16, 2004
Rats are still a major problem, despite Bloomberg's campaign against them
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Posted by adm at 3:48 PM
August 12, 2004
NYT discusses bomb-sniffing dogs
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Better reported than most such articles.
Posted by adm at 2:47 AM
August 11, 2004
Last monkey man update unless something really crazy happens: More details emerge about his criminal record
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His then-2-year-old kid ingested coke and heroin, etc.
Posted by adm at 3:55 AM
August 10, 2004
Monkey man update: Monkey is "hiding out" so authorities won't seize him.
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Animal rights groups now involved in creating this underground railroad for monkeys.
Posted by adm at 3:51 PM
Main post office on 34th Street will be electrically shocking pesky pigeons
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I think there was an episode of WKRP in Cincinatti about this once.
Posted by adm at 3:47 PM
August 9, 2004
Vicious Monkey update: NYP runs photos of 'disabled' owner shoveling snow, doing construction
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Update: They weren't online, so I scanned them in: guy building wheelchair ramp, guy doing outdoor tasks.
Posted by adm at 5:23 AM
Pit bull bites baby's head, is thrown off roof [nyp]
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Dog's name was "Cujo Cujo," says NYDN.
Posted by adm at 5:19 AM