mistreat your animals and someone might take them from you.
allen （not his real name） is driving north out of virginia in the middle of the night， with stolen property in the back of his van. but allen isn't a criminal – in fact he normally would never dream of breaking the law.
the “property” he stole is a dog he calls flash. allen doesn't particularly want flash – in fact， in a few hours he'll drop him off at a stranger's house and never see him again. “i couldn't just stand by and do nothing，” he explains. “the owner was plainly neglecting the dog， but the police wouldn't do anything about it.”
for over a year， flash had been tied to a tree in front of someone's house. “he was sick and malnourished，” says allen. “more than once i saw [the owner] kick him for no reason at all.” allen had re