Following the recent death of a 4-year-old boy who was attacked by street dogs in Bucharest, the Romanian parliament passed a law last week to allow dogs in public areas to be killed if they are not claimed or adopted within two weeks. It is estimated that more than 60,000 stray dogs roam the streets of the capital city. Dozens of bites...

"A 22 year-old woman living on a college campus — or anywhere for that matter— I’ve heard the horror stories. I know that a female walking alone at night is a target. Many women — and men for that matter — end up in situations they never expected. I know this, and yet, more often than I care to admit, I find...

There are literally dozens of brands of defensive sprays, otherwise known as pepper sprays or OC sprays available in the United States and hundreds of others available in foreign countries. In this article we are going to discuss the top three brands of defensive sprays that we carry so you can distinguish between them and pick one that might be best for...

Stun devices are consistently one of the most popular self-defense tools sold in the country. We're not talking about tasers, which are really in a separate category, but regular stun devices that have probes on one end and are battery or rechargeable technology powered. They can disable an assailant for as much is 10 minutes. There are some cities and states that...

A Swarthmore College junior already at the center of a nationally publicized row over how the elite suburban liberal-arts school deals with sexual-assault cases is embroiled in a new controversy - also over the explosive issue of rape on campus. Swarthmore officials say they removed Mia Ferguson, 19, this week from her new job as a dormitory resident adviser, or RA, because...

Close to 20 million students are heading off to college this fall. Many of them are already there. Nearly 25% of them are freshmen and have a potentially wonderful experience staring them in the face. But as parents of these new students, in our opinion, you have an absolute responsibility to make your children aware of the potential dangers that await them...