Cats

R.I.P., Ernesto

Miami: Not So Animal Friendly

New Times Cat Food Tasting Report

Brian Setzer

Rockabilly Riot, Volume One: A Tribute to Sun Records (Surfdog)

Cougar's Owner Knew How Dangerous the Cat Could Be

Chaos, here with his owner, attacked a 16 year old girl. Chaos, an appropriately named captive cougar, mauled a 16 year old girl after pinning her to the ground over the weekend. Thankfully, She's expected to make a full recovery. About a year ago New Times profiled Chaos's owner, Alan Rigerman, ... More >>

Man Bites Dog Owner

Rabies didn't kill his faithful pooch, but Dade's rabies-vaccine enforcement chief was an early the death of pet owner Randy Natalino

One Million and Counting

Rabies didn't kill his faithful pooch, but Dade's rabies-vaccine enforcement chief was an early the death of pet owner Randy Natalino

What Pete Did Next

The nine (and counting?) lives of Brit-rock’s weirdly compelling screwup

Panthers Battle Blues

The nine (and counting?) lives of Brit-rock’s weirdly compelling screwup

Striking While It’s Hot

The nine (and counting?) lives of Brit-rock’s weirdly compelling screwup

March on the Penguins

The nine (and counting?) lives of Brit-rock’s weirdly compelling screwup

End of the Road

The nine (and counting?) lives of Brit-rock’s weirdly compelling screwup

Letters from the Issue of April 6, 2006

“Miami is moving from a drug-trafficking, superfluous, decadent city to a cultural metropolis”

Front Line

Local animal rescuer opens her home to unwanted pets

Death by the Pound

Hidden from the public and cloaked in euphemism, regulated execution of dogs and cats is a routine horror. Can a new animal services director make a difference?

Night&Day

Hidden from the public and cloaked in euphemism, regulated execution of dogs and cats is a routine horror. Can a new animal services director make a difference?

Local Heroes

Hidden from the public and cloaked in euphemism, regulated execution of dogs and cats is a routine horror. Can a new animal services director make a difference?

Best Public Park

Greynolds Park

Night & Day

May 21 - 27, 1998

Get Shorty

A stubby-legged feline fad has the fur flying between entrepreneurial cat fanciers and animal-welfare activists

Letters

A stubby-legged feline fad has the fur flying between entrepreneurial cat fanciers and animal-welfare activists

Move over, Morris

With a little help from Hector the cat man, Buster is clawing his way toward fame

You Know You've Impressed Fellow Animal Lovers At Bar Rosso's Pooches and Piccolini When...

Jackie SayetI fetch like a dog. Can I come, too?Your frisky feline struts her stuff to the soiree on a leash. Kitty extends a peace paw to Jack Russell.You show up dressed as your pet.Your pet shows up dressed as you. Fido gets carded, and flashes his own collar-handy ID, his graduation certifi ... More >>

Accused Cat Killer Sure Knew a Lot About Dissecting Cats

What better way to start off your post-holiday week than getting some gruesome new details in the case of alleged serial cat killer Tyler Weinman? After weeks of local media fighting for its release, the arrest affidavit for the case is finally available. Police had their eyes on Weinman for som ... More >>

Save Me, Mr. Fireman

What better way to start off your post-holiday week than getting some gruesome new details in the case of alleged serial cat killer Tyler Weinman? After weeks of local media fighting for its release, the arrest affidavit for the case is finally available. Police had their eyes on Weinman for som ... More >>

Over the Weekend: New Found Glory Secret Show, Cat Show, Leonard Cohen and Bassnectar

Summer is finally over! The insufferable heat finally broke this weekend and its officially fall in South Florida. Yes, we didn't turn on our AC all weekend and we couldn't be more excited. So we hope you enjoyed the reason why we all moved here in the first place.We're sure you didn't stay in this ... More >>

What’s New, Pussycat?

Summer is finally over! The insufferable heat finally broke this weekend and its officially fall in South Florida. Yes, we didn't turn on our AC all weekend and we couldn't be more excited. So we hope you enjoyed the reason why we all moved here in the first place.We're sure you didn't stay in this ... More >>

Snap Under Pressure

Summer is finally over! The insufferable heat finally broke this weekend and its officially fall in South Florida. Yes, we didn't turn on our AC all weekend and we couldn't be more excited. So we hope you enjoyed the reason why we all moved here in the first place.We're sure you didn't stay in this ... More >>

Hialeah Has Most Roadkill in the County

sean via flickerccYanael Rodriguez, a shy 24-year-old with a handsome smile, might have the strangest job in Miami-Dade. It's called being an "animal disposal technician" and it's a fancy way of saying that you scrape roadkill for a living. There are two county employees who do this full-time, and t ... More >>

Cough It Up

sean via flickerccYanael Rodriguez, a shy 24-year-old with a handsome smile, might have the strangest job in Miami-Dade. It's called being an "animal disposal technician" and it's a fancy way of saying that you scrape roadkill for a living. There are two county employees who do this full-time, and t ... More >>

Hard-Core Exhibitionists

sean via flickerccYanael Rodriguez, a shy 24-year-old with a handsome smile, might have the strangest job in Miami-Dade. It's called being an "animal disposal technician" and it's a fancy way of saying that you scrape roadkill for a living. There are two county employees who do this full-time, and t ... More >>

Florida's Magical Cat Village Is a Pussy Paradise

​Somewhere in the northern Florida town of Madison lies a magical place where cats roam free in an expansive kitty village. The cats, all 660 of them, can visit kitty Wal-Mart or attend cat church. There are scratching posts and climbing places a plenty. It's a paradise for pussies, and it's all t ... More >>

Runway Pinups

​Somewhere in the northern Florida town of Madison lies a magical place where cats roam free in an expansive kitty village. The cats, all 660 of them, can visit kitty Wal-Mart or attend cat church. There are scratching posts and climbing places a plenty. It's a paradise for pussies, and it's all t ... More >>

Three More Cases of Miami Beach Hookworm Blamed on Cat Poop

​Feral cats using the sands of Miami Beach as a giant communal litter box has led to an increasing outbreak of hookworm. The Miami-Dade Department of Health has confirmed that three new cases of hookworm have appeared in humans. Great, we've now got hookworm, cholera and dengue fever war ... More >>

Miami Beach Hookworm Scare Leads City To Create World's Fanciest Cat Poop Map

There's a four-foot-tall map hanging inside Miami Beach City Hall, a high-resolution satellite image of an oceanfront slice of town. The grainy brown dunes are speckled with red and green dots that mark points carefully calibrated by a Global Positioning System. It could be the cartographic reckonin ... More >>

The world's fanciest cat-poop map

There's a four-foot-tall map hanging inside Miami Beach City Hall, a high-resolution satellite image of an oceanfront slice of town. The grainy brown dunes are speckled with red and green dots that mark points carefully calibrated by a Global Positioning System. It could be the cartographic reckonin ... More >>

Tyler Weinman Case Cause for Abandoning Cat Dissections in Miami, Argue New Times Readers

Tyler Weinman was cleared of animal cruelty charges, but some New Times readers still object to cat dissection​A year and a half ago, the Tyler Weinman "cat killer" case tore open this quaint little town we call Miami. Police said the teenager described classroom dissections a little too eagerly. ... More >>

Casablanca Hotel's kitty killings

Tyler Weinman was cleared of animal cruelty charges, but some New Times readers still object to cat dissection​A year and a half ago, the Tyler Weinman "cat killer" case tore open this quaint little town we call Miami. Police said the teenager described classroom dissections a little too eagerly. ... More >>

Letters from the issue of February 3, 2011

Tyler Weinman was cleared of animal cruelty charges, but some New Times readers still object to cat dissection​A year and a half ago, the Tyler Weinman "cat killer" case tore open this quaint little town we call Miami. Police said the teenager described classroom dissections a little too eagerly. ... More >>

More Than Half of America's Pets are Fat

​America's ever expanding weight problem: not just for humans anymore!According to The Wall Street Journal, more than 50 percent of America's pet cats and dogs are now considered overweight, with about one fifth considered obese. You guys, despite what the comic page says, you are NOT actually sup ... More >>

Family in Dysfunction

​America's ever expanding weight problem: not just for humans anymore!According to The Wall Street Journal, more than 50 percent of America's pet cats and dogs are now considered overweight, with about one fifth considered obese. You guys, despite what the comic page says, you are NOT actually sup ... More >>

Money Matters

​America's ever expanding weight problem: not just for humans anymore!According to The Wall Street Journal, more than 50 percent of America's pet cats and dogs are now considered overweight, with about one fifth considered obese. You guys, despite what the comic page says, you are NOT actually sup ... More >>

North Bay Village's possum problem blamed on cat food

​America's ever expanding weight problem: not just for humans anymore!According to The Wall Street Journal, more than 50 percent of America's pet cats and dogs are now considered overweight, with about one fifth considered obese. You guys, despite what the comic page says, you are NOT actually sup ... More >>

Dog Adoption at Miami-Dade Shelter Halted, 23 Dogs Euthanized after Viral Outbreak

​Miami-Dade Animal Services started off the year by euthanizing 23 dogs on January 1 after the animals showed signs of an upper respiratory infection. Lab results show 18 of those dogs tested positive for distemper, and now the animal shelter has put a stop to dog adoption for the next two weeks.