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Originally Posted by Catlady
I agree with you about research being needed. Rescuers are dedicated people who are engaged in difficult, often heartbreaking and thankless work, and there should be an understanding of what they actually do, even in a deliberately unrealistic novel where the characters have gone off the deep end.
It might make a bit more sense if the villain is stealing dogs from their owners and the women's group is trying to get them back and return them to their homes.
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Yes. The only thing we know from the blurb is that dogs are disappearing from Chicago's streets. Dogs, apart from wild street dogs, are rarely alone; in the US I believe that the common practise even with cats is to keep them in (in the UK they go out in the day). But on both sides of the pond it would be rare to see an 'owned' dog alone and not on a leash unless it's lost.
Also, in the blurb thread, there's now mention that Donovan is shipping the dogs abroad. This would be expensive (practicalities like rabies shots etc), and for what purpose? Few countries are short of dogs.
As to ARF, or whoever, where are they keeping the dogs? In what conditions? Are they humane? Won't the dogs be pining for their people?
I wonder if Gregg has really thought about this?