Typically, criminal gangs, who mostly operate in public parks, will approach a dog owner and threaten them (gun in hand) before taking the pet. Other times, kidnappers will use dogs in heat to lure in new ones.
Mixed-breed dogs can be targets too, with criminals hoping the owners’ emotional attachment will yield a modest ransom. And police, already busy investigating missing person cases, can’t prioritize dog thieves. “They said it was absurd that I was trying to report the theft of a dog,” one victim told the Los Angeles Times.
Below, via Reuters, scenes from Mexico City and its dogs, including the ones under the care of Mariam Luzcan, a dog advocate who drives her “canine car” around the city:
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