Contact Animal Control now.
Call the police asap
Call the law
I believe it's a crime, and if not it should be. How would the owner like to be tied up and left outside with no shelter. But in all seriousness, I believe it's a crime.
Yesterday evening a white SUV arrived in that yard and someone was talking to the dog owner. The dog isn't there this morning.
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