very few people are caught stealing dogs. and very few people are charged. and when they are charged, they get very minimal sentences. they are charged, they get very minimalsentences. my they are charged, they get very minimal sentences. my chocolate labrador, if he were stolen it would be treated in much the same way as a laptop. an object that has been taken. the fact that has been taken. the fact that they are sentience, that they are companions, but they are family members has not been taken into consideration whatsoever. it needs to be taken more seriously by the police, by the courts, by the politicians that have the opportunity to change the laws. it is literally pandora s box and we have only scratched the surface. i think the pandemic may be exacerbated, but prior to that they had already secured their marketplace. the