Rachel Ellner

Joseph Perez sits beside a battered shopping cart filled with street-collectables. Seated on the cart is his most precious possession, a prince with a bone named Shorty. The round-bellied corai-Jack Russell terrier mix...

It's a restless life for a young traveler nicknamed Mouse and her dog Ruckus, a black shepherdterrier mix. They're used to hitchhiking, hopping freights, sleeping in the woods and bartering or panhandling for provisions.

Zucotti park has gone to the dogs — protest dogs. Among the 99 percenters that took up residence in the park before the city swept out the tents on Tuesday were dozens of canines...