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Family Abandons Dog At Shelter For ‘Eating Trash,’ but He’s So Scared When families take their dogs to the shelter, it is painful to hear. They will often have a reason for this choice, but many people believe that dogs should never be abandoned in this manner. The day Cobe was brought to the shelter, he had no idea what his future held. Just two years old, all he knew was that his life as he knew it was over. His previous family got angry at him for digging through the trash and abandoned him at a kill shelter. When Coby arrived at the Fairfield County Shelter in South Carolina, he was so confused and scared that all he could do was sit against a wall and stare. He refused to make any eye contact with any of the kind volunteers. It’s easy to see why the dog didn’t have any faith in humans. Samira El-Hage‎, one of the volunteers for the animal shelter, wrote on Facebook that Lenny “is scared out of his mind … almost like a feral dog would be.” Describing his behavior when meeting...

Half-naked woman hanged on a bridge Members of a drug cartel kidnapped a woman from her house and hung her half-naked on a road bridge as a warning to their enemies.  It is likely that the incident happened in Mexico...  watch the video:  Video of Half-naked woman hanged on a bridge 5 alleged Mexican cartel members charged in kidnapping of 4 Americans Five alleged members of a powerful Mexican cartel were charged with aggravated kidnapping and murder on Friday in connection to the kidnapping of four Americans, and the killing of two of them, in the border city of Matamoros. The Attorney General's Office of Tamaulipas announced the charges a day after the Gulf Cartel allegedly took responsibility for the kidnapping. The five men were found tied up near a pickup truck on Thursday morning and a handwritten note was found placed on the windshield of the truck, whose author or authors say they belong to the Gulf Cartel, the dominant organized crime group in this part of Mexi...

Impaling girls on a stake. Martin Monestier - The death penalty. History and types of capital punishment from the beginning of time to the present day. The whole village saw Impaling girls on a stake. Martin Monestier - The death penalty. History and types of capital punishment from the beginning of time to the present day. The whole village saw the execution Executed in Russia for a long time, subtly and painfully. Historians to this day have not come to a consensus about the reasons for the appearance of the death penalty. Some are inclined to the version of the continuation of the custom of blood feud, others prefer the Byzantine influence. How did they deal with those who broke the law in Russia?  Drowning  This type of execution was very common in Kievan Rus. Usually it was used in cases where it was required to deal with a large number of criminals. But there were also isolated cases. So, for example, the Kyiv prince Rostislav was somehow angry with Gregory the Wonderwor...

CROCODILE EATING BALLERINA, FROM THE PINA BAUSCH BALLET ‘KEUSHLEITSLEGENDE’, WUPPERTAL, 1983. HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004) 🐊 #crocodile This image caused a considerable problem for Peter Beard, to whose self-portrait from 1960 (lot 24) it bears a close affinity. Newton had sent Beard the catalogue of his 1984-85 show at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. This image was on the cover. Later in 1985 the police raided Beard's Hog Ranch home in Kenya on the basis of a corrupt political plot to seize his property. It was claimed by the police that the Pina Bausch artist was 'improperly dressed'. Beard was charged with possessing pornography and trafficking in 'abscene [sic] literature'.  This image caused a considerable problem for Peter Beard, to whose self-portrait from 1960 it bears a close affinity. Newton had sent Beard the catalogue of his 1984-85 show at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. This image was on the cover. Later in 1985 the police...

Mom thought she was having twins; ‘but when doctors showed her the ultrasound, she began to cry’! When the young woman, Alexandra and husband Anton received the news that their family was about to grow, they were thrilled. The couple already had a son, but looked forward to welcoming a new member to their family. And the joy was magnified when their doctor announced that there were two, not one, babies in Alexandra’s belly. The young couple gleefully prepared to see their family grow from 3 to 5. Shortly thereafter, however, Alexandra and her husband were asked to see their doctor again – and they could never have been prepared for what he had to tell them. When the doctors showed the couple the ultrasound, Alexandra was so shocked that she began to cry. The doctors had first declared that Alexandra was carrying twins, but later, their verdict changed and she was told that she was in fact carrying triplets. But several examinations later, the doctors again came with a new verdict...