What Ever You Do, Don't Leave You Pet Alone Unattended

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Everyday when I go out of my apartment for awhile, I feel a great sadness as I'll notice flyer after flyer posted up on poles of cute, cuddly small dogs missing and their owners making a frantic plea for finding their beloved furbaby. Unfortunately, this misery could have been prevented. Too often, as I'm walking along my neighborhood streets, I'll invariably see a dog tied up to a pole in front of a store, its owner leaving it unattended for awhile, while the person shops in the store, and then they wonder why, when they come out, to find their dog missing. No, it's not a case of some passerby, thinking the dog is cute and wants to make a pet out of it, but the reason is much more horrific. As you know, unfortunately dog fighting still exists worldwide, in major cities, towns, even in the quiet, quaint countryside and it continues to be a growing "business". In order to train dogs for dog fighting, they need to train with "bait"---and yes, the bait will often be a cute, cuddly, innocent dog, (sometimes even a cat). The dogs are stolen for bait and are usually of the smaller breeds like yorkies, toy poodles, chihuahuas and so forth since they are easier to handle. But no longer are small dogs stolen if left unattended and tied up to a pole while it's owner is shopping in a store, but many are stolen right from a person's yard...city surveillance-type cameras have caught people in the act countless times. The most recent news I heard just last night was of a family's home burglarized, completely ransacked of expensive electronics, and.....a young yorkie dog named Pinky. What made this so heart-wrenching is that the young girl in the family is deaf, and was able to train the young puppy to understand sign language. I'm hoping to keep track of this story and find out if a happy reunion occurs, but given the fate of what happens to many young, small dogs and puppies the chances are probably slim. So my question is...how can people be so stupid to leave their beloved furbabies unattended given what is happening to the stolen dogs. If a person knows they are going shopping, why the frick do they take the dog with them and tie it up to a pole? Why do people leave their dogs unattended in their yard when they too might suffer the same fate and become potential bait for dog fight training? WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE???? Has anyone seen the ad currently from the BEKIND organization? I have and frankly I have to turn away from watching it..no there's no graphic horrifics involved but it saddens me no end knowing the fate of what will happen to that cute dog Here's the general link to the BEKIND organization that gives more info on the kind of work they do http://www.bekind.org/ Here's the video itself called Fight For Kindness--like I said there's no graphic depictions here but one has to watch this to have it sink in their heads what is taking place all over the world http://petfoodtales.blogspot.com/2007/12/fight-for-kindness.html {NOT a referral links but a link to the BEKIND organization and video}