Guest guest Posted March 27, 2003 Report Share Posted March 27, 2003 from In Defense of Animals. Leading Dog Savior to Discuss and Sign Book in California " Grim’s dramatic, inspiring efforts and tells the horrific and heartwarming stories of the dogs he saves " THE MAN WHO TALKS TO DOGS: The Story of America’s Wild Street Dogs and Their Unlikely Savior St. Martin’s Press. Melinda Roth Randy Grim, Founder, Stray Rescue of St. Louis will appear at the following locations as part of his promotional book tour: Sunday, March 30 3 PM Three Dog Bakery 10250 Santa Monica Blvd. #139 Century City, CA Monday, March 31 BOOK PASSAGE 51 Tamal Vista Corte Madera, CA About the Book: - Dogs so mistreated that they defecate uncontrollably at the touch of a human hand. - An underground epidemic: Detroit. New Orleans. Cleveland. New York. Baltimore. Houston. Indianapolis. Santa Fe. Pittsburgh. Washington, D.C. Los Angeles. All report " an epidemic of feral and abandoned dogs. " In Los Angeles County and City alone, 200,000 residents were bitten by abandoned dogs in one year. - The plague is recent – since the l980s – borne of a lethal combination of increased dog fighting, dogs bred for aggressiveness and reduced animal control. And it’s getting worse: 40,000 Americans now take part in dogfighting. Enter one very unlikely hero who is trying to call national attention to the scourge. Randy Grim was young, hip, but crippled by panic attacks and phobias (of public places, parties, elevators, driving). After rescuing his first street dog, Bonnie, he couldn’t look away. " How can I? " he asks. " Each one says, 'Don’t leave me here.' " And so the man who must pop Xanax to walk through an airport refuses to leave a starving, terror-stricken German Shepherd on a dark, icy and stormy East St. Louis street, even when an threatening tenement resident has him on the business end of a gun. Journalist Melinda Roth puts a human, and animal, face on an ignored tragedy playing out in our cities. She gives us beautifully wrought, but too few, scenes of redemption. Please consider a feature article, interview or book review with Randy, Melinda, or both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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