Pooch sentenced to death by stoning

A stubborn dog was sentenced to be stoned to death in Jerusalem.

A rabbinical court suspects the pooch is the reincarnation of a lawyer who insulted the court twenty years ago.

The dog wandered into the court last week and resisted the frightened judges’ attempts to get him out. A judge then remembered the rude lawyer had been cursed by the court to come back as a dog. Traditional Judaism sees dogs as impure animals.

The dog escaped, but one of the judges sentenced him to be stoned to death by the local children.

Animal welfare group Let the Animals Live filed a complaint against the court. Although

the head of the court says the dog was not sentenced to death, a court manager confirmed the sentencing to a Israeli newspaper.