“Police generally don’t maintain statistics that separate stolen pets from other thefts, but the latest numbers available from an American Kennel Club affiliate that registers animals show dognappings increased 30 percent in the third quarter of 2022 over the same period the previous year.” If your pet is stolen and held for ransom, find yourself someone who owns a Norwegian elkhound and a Pomeranian—and has served overseas, gathering human and signals intelligence for the Marine Corps. WaPo (Gift Article): A Yorkie was dognapped. A man who hunted al-Qaeda came to the rescue.

+ Obviously, any discussion of investigators and dogs brings up the age old question: Does your dog bite?