The Man Who Talks to Dogs: The Story of Randy Grim and His Fight to Save America's Abandoned Dogs

Roth, Melinda

ISBN 10: 0312331045 / ISBN 13: 9780312331047

Published by St. Martin's Griffin (edition First Edition), 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Man Who Talks to Dogs: The Story of Randy Grim and His Fight to Save America's Abandoned Dogs
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312331045
• ISBN 13: 9780312331047
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Go to any unpopulated or abandoned area in any given urban setting, and you'll find them. Thousands and thousands of wild dogs-abandoned to disease, starvation, and inevitable death-are leading short and brutal lives in the no-man's-land between domestication and wildness, byproducts of the human destitution around them. A lucky few are saved by dedicated rescuers, and Randy Grim, has emerged as one of the country's leading dog saviors. After years of rescuing dogs on his own, he founded Stray Rescue of St. Louis, an organization dedicated to rescue and rehabilitation.

These are dogs that belong to no one, the ones animal-control experts can't catch and humane shelters won't deal with. They are stray or feral, either abandoned or born wild on the streets, which means they won't come near humans and statistically won't live past their second year. And their numbers are growing every day.

In The Man Who Talks to Dogs, journalist Melinda Roth narrates Grim's dramatic, inspiring efforts and tells the horrific and heartwarming stories of the dogs he saves, showing how this growing national health problem-controlled by no federal or local regulations-can no longer be ignored.

About the Authors

Melinda Roth has worked as a state political correspondent and feature writer for the St. Louis Riverfront Times and as the education reporter for the Edwardsville Intelligencer. Raised in the Chicagoland area, she has three children and two rescued dogs.

Michael W. Fox has been called "American's best known veterinarian." Author of over a dozen books on animals and holistic subjects, Dr. Fox also provides advice in his Q&A column, "Animal Doctor" (nationally syndicated by United Media), which appears twice a week. He lives in Minneapolis, MN.