Halloween Dog Parade Research Paper

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All the Good Pups at the Halloween Dog Parade
Five hundred canines stepped out in full costume for the 27th annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade.

Halloween in New York is terrifying. Haunted houses pop up throughout the five boroughs, subway cars swell with all kinds of characters and, scariest of all, interminable lines for parties snake around city blocks.

But the week leading up to Halloween in New York? Adorable. This year, the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade drew 500 canines and an estimated 25,000 humans to the East Village. Here are some of the good boys and girls who braved the unseasonably warm fall day in full costume.

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