Nick Gemelli spotted these dogs - and their sign - in the parking lot at the West Roxbury Roche Bros. today.
UPDATE: Jesus H. Christ, people: I've hidden all the comments on this post because somebody managed to track down the dogs' owners and is now harassing her by phone.
Jay K. took in the "best dressed" contest at the Somerville Dog Festival today.
TrueNE_79 reports that Curtis, a homeless man well known on either side of Fort Point Channel, has his Beast back. Beast had gone missing late last month, but:
Was found down in Seaport, leash wrapped around a tree...poor boy. Everyone's fine though.
— Animal Rescue League (@ARLBostonRescue) September 4, 2017
The Animal Rescue League of Boston reports that with the help of state troopers, it rescued a cat that somehow wound up inside the Ted Williams Tunnel. Read more.
Travis Gustafson failed to appear in court for his arraignment today on a charge of animal cruelty for the heat-related death of a pit bull in his pickup truck on Burroughs Street in Jamaica Plain on Aug. 1, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
As a result, a West Roxbury Municipal Court judge issued a warrant for Gustafson's arrest, the DA's office says.
TrueNE_79 reports that Curtis is looking for his lost Beast. The pair are normally a well known sight downtown.
Jamaica Plain News reports BPD will charge him with animal cruelty and improper confinement because his dog was found dying in the pickup on Burroughs Street in JP yesterday.
WCVB reports ISD inspectors responding to a complaint found the dog in a car on Burroughs Street near Jamaica Pond today; rushed the dog to Angell Memorial, but it was too late. The owner could face charges.
Chris watched two people on paddle boards with dogs along the Allston shoreline today.
WFXT reports on the incident on Columbia Road, where the temperature was 87.
The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports DCR has decided not to convert a street-hockey rink on Anson Street into a dog park because of opposition from street-hockey fans.
Craig Caplan spotted these two folks today walking their pig through Christopher Coumbus Park, as one does.
UPDATE: Thanks to Flannery O'Brien Skadberg for the identification of this pig about town as Wiggy the Piggy.
J Goodell spotted this parapet parakeet in the Back Bay today, wonders where he or she came from.
PlunkettPrime forwards this photo a friend in Brighton took of the non-local visitor to her bird feeder.
Missing Dogs Massachusetts reports Hercules was in a carrier bag snatched yesterday from the South Station bus terminal. He's six years old, two lbs. and was wearing a neon-green harness. If you see him, call 774-955-6541.
Davina Chojnowski had some fuzzy company on her Red Line commute this morning.
Boston EMT administers oxygen to injured cat. Photo by BFD.
Boston firefighters and EMTs worked to save the life of a cat trapped inside a burning building in Roxbury this morning. Read more.
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