The Man Who Talks to Dogs: The Story of America's Wild Street Dogs and Their Unlikely Savior
Sep 2024 · Macmillan
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This riveting account of feral and abandoned dogs rescued and rehabilitated is "an unforgettable and honest literary portrait of an unlikely hero" ( San Francisco Chronicle).
Go to any unpopulated 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.
"Touching [and] harrowing." — The Atlantic Monthly
"Deeply affecting." — Seattle Times
"After reading Randy Grim's inspirational account of saving lives—one dog at a time—you will never again ask yourself whether one person can make a difference." —Dan Dye, coauthor of Amazing Gracie
Go to any unpopulated 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.
"Touching [and] harrowing." — The Atlantic Monthly
"Deeply affecting." — Seattle Times
"After reading Randy Grim's inspirational account of saving lives—one dog at a time—you will never again ask yourself whether one person can make a difference." —Dan Dye, coauthor of Amazing Gracie
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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.
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