Dog theft is on the rise. Laboratories and private people, all although they don’t question where the dogs comefrom, are willing to pay, often large sums for a pet. Sometimes dogs are kidnapped and the thieves will demand ransom for their return. Dogs are lumped together with property crimes, making it difficult to determine the […]
Anna Sewell, the author of Black Beauty, wrote the novel in order “to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses.” Sewell was born in Norfolk, England, in 1820. At the age of 14, she injured both her ankles and was never able to walk properly again. She frequently got around by driving horse-drawn […]
On Dec. 1, 2010 a huge forest fire broke out in Northern Israel‘s Carmel region. The fire burned for days, decimating about 12,300 acres of land. 42 people lost their lives in the fire and many people are homeless as a result of the fire. The fire was apparently started by negligence. Some of the […]
