Urbanite goes to the dogs, cats, horses, cows and several other species -- tamed and untamed -- in its newest issue.

July's issue of the local magazine is dedicated to urban animals, and a few of those who live on the edges of Baltimore -- from the pets we invite into our homes to the wild species in our backyards and beyond.

The issue includes an interview with the amazing Temple Grandin, a professor of animal science at Colorado State University and the author of the bestseller Animals in Translation, who credits her insights into the way animals think to her autism.

Like animals, says Grandin,"I think in pictures ...As soon as you start thinking in words, you lose details. It’s the price we pay for abstract thought.”

In the issue's lead feature story, “Year of the Horse,” writer Charles Cohen chronicles the century-plus history and troubled future of the arabbers, Baltimore’s celebrated horse-and-cart produce merchants.

The closing of the arabbers’ largest stable in August 2007 and new regulations have all but eliminated the carts from the streets. Cohen followed the efforts of the arabber community to  save the dying trade, and he supplemented his in-depth portrait with accompanying documentary videos posted to the Urbanite website.

Also in the issue are a feature on local dog painter Gil Jawetz, and senior editor Greg Hanscom’s “Where the Wild Things Are,” a look at the Baltimore Ecosystem Study.  There's useful information about what to do when your pet dies, when you find a stray, and how to adopt a pet. And former Sun reporter Richard O'Mara reflects on his childhood cat. Bingo was his name.

Urbanite is a free monthly magazine about cities and city life as seen through the distinctive lens of Baltimore. Each issue revolves around a central theme and offers a range of perspectives to illuminate urban living.