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PETS The most popular dog name in Queens will not surprise you By Katarina Hybenova Lola, Lucy, Daisy, Coco, Princess, Chloe, Molly, khybenova@qns.com/@kamelka Luna and Sophie. Boy dogs were named Rocky, Buddy, Charlie, Lucky, Teddy, Toby, Jack, Oliver If you named your pooch Bella after the heroine and Milo. of the popular “Twilight” series, you should know The Health Department also released an interactive that you are not as original as you might think. map, which allows you to explore most unique New York City’s Health Department just dog names per neighborhood. According to the released the list of the most popular dog names map, most unique dog name in Whitestone is of 2015 and it turns out that at least 1,127 Bellas Chip; Zeus in Jamaica; Cinnamon in Woodhaven; are happily wagging their tails and marking their and Junior in Ridgewood. favorite corners in New York City. Max was the The department reminds dog owners that name of choice for male dogs, and their owners according to NY State law all dogs should be registered 1,073 of them. licensed, even though currently only about 20 Bella has been the number one name for the last percent of the dogs in NYC have been registered. seven years, bumping Max from its prime spot in The benefits of the dog license include an easier 2008 (yes, 2008 was the year the “Twilight” movies reunion in case your dog gets lost via the dog eLocator debuted). We have to wonder: is it too hard to yell system, as well as happy off-leash running Katniss at a dog run? in NYC Park dog runs with a proof of current dog Out of 84,054 dogs currently licensed in New license and rabies vaccination. York City, 21 percent live in Queens, which makes Dogs can be licensed easily online. The dog it the borough with the third most dogs after license costs $8.50 per year for spayed or neutered Manhattan (35 percent) and Brooklyn (25 percent). dogs or $34 per year for non-spayed or Other popular names for female dogs were neutered dogs. Three adorable owlets hatched at the Queens Zoo By Nicole Kuliyev editorial@qns.com/@QNS New cute feathery residents have arrived at the Queens Zoo. Three burrowing owl owlets hatched at the Wildlife Conservation Society of the Queens Zoo located at 53-51 111th St. in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. These owlets (Athene cunicularia) hatched sometime between late May and early June and came out of their burrows in mid-June, according to the zoo. In the beginning of May, the handlers introduced several new males to the group of female owls. Two of them quickly paired off and disappeared into the burrow, wrote The New York Times. “They got to work, and things worked out well, at least for that pair,” Scott Silver, director of the Queens Zoo told the Times. The Queens Zoo’s burrowing exhibit created last year now includes nine owls as well as several thick-billed parrots and roadrunners. Burrowing owls usually nest in burrows that are dug by ground-dwelling animals but sometimes make their own. Female owls lay eggs into these burrows and incubate them for 30 days while the male will bring them food. As soon as these eggs hatch, the owlets are fed by the parents for up to seven weeks. Eventually, the owlets will travel out of their nests. Most owls are nocturnal, but that’s not the case of burrowing owls. They are active during the day and do most of their hunting in the evening. Their sharp vision is one of the most important characteristics that these owls possess. Burrowing owls live in areas with low vegetation. In Canada and the western United States, the population of these owls is decreasing due to habitat loss and prairie dogs. However, deforestation is causing populations to increase in parts of Central and South America. Photo: Julie Larsen Maher/Queens Zoo


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