The Eighty-Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts If you want to be inspired and overcome the odds seemingly stacked against you, this book shows how to triumph over adversity. It is the true story of a man and a horse that fate brought together. Harry de Leyer, a Dutch immigrant to the U.S., lived through the […]
Cher Ami (French for dear friend) was a carrier pigeon in World War I. Along with other pigeons, he carried messages for the United States troops in Europe. Cher Ami probably carried his most important message on October 4, 1918. Surrounded and trapped by the Germans on the side of a hill, the commander of […]
Just when you think you’ve heard it all, scientists come up with something new. It may be difficult to believe, but pets can be left or right-handed just as humans are. Studies conducted at Queen’s University in Belfast, Ireland have shown that female dogs and cats are right-handed while their male counterparts are left-handed. However […]
