Dorothy, after all, has lingering health problems, and neither is what you might call sociable. Dorothy does not do well with children, most cats and a lot of dogs, Trick says. Toto is not a cuddly cat and only does well with Dorothy, so we figured they would both live their lives at the shelter.. (Story continues below.) Dorothy and Toto at the Special Pals shelter.
They come cheap these days. Thousands of abandoned villages across Spain are up for sale as jobs leave the countryside and rural life slowly fades in the country, reports Agence France-Presse, and there are so many of them, that some are literally being given away for free.
But like cars and trains, aircraft have a shelf-life and are often recycled when their time comes. Sometimes, however, theyâre just abandoned, often in remote areas, along with the airfields and bases that once served them. Keep reading: 10 Abandoned International Airports of the World. (Images: Steven Brown, CC-SA-2.0; Missy S, CC-ND-2.0; and Google Earth) Some abandoned airfields are former military bases, often witnessing great acts of history and steeped in military tradition.