[Parley Baer]

“after his dogs were stolen from his yard’

If they were stolen from his yard that does sound like they were “stray” to me. Something about this I don’t get.

[JimRed]

What constitutes “try to locate the owner” in their opinion?

[FrankR]

Why does the personal misfortune of one person get made into a law to punish the entire population?

My new position would be, "Stray dog? What stray dog?".

[FlingWingFlyer]

“Every law is a ‘good idea’ until the first time you have to enforce it”. - Unknown

[Farmer Dean]

What kind of dog allows itself to be stolen?If somebody tried to grab my German Shephards,well I pity the idiot that would try.

[mamelukesabre]

Prove it’s a stray. I’d like to see them do that without an admisson from the person that takes it in.

[LongElegantLegs]

A lot of the ads on Craigslist complain about this stuff...”I just let my little yorkie out in the yard to go to the bathroom, and then I turned around and he was gone!”

Seriously? If ANYONE tries to approach my dogs, they let me know. How could someone just scoop up a yappy little dog and make off with it if the owner were really paying attention?

[samtheman]

Maybe a law against stealing?

[stylecouncilor]

This reminds me of The Bowery Boys taking the flowers that fell off the truck & then whispering, “Hey mister, you dropped your flowers” as the truck drove off. LOL!