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Mariam Luzcan, an advocate for dogs, poses for a photograph with her dachshund "Doggie" in Mexico City, July 15, 2013. Robbery and kidnapping of breed dogs have quadrupled during the last few years in Mexico, according to animal care and control organizations. Criminal gangs which operate mostly in public parks threaten owners with guns or use dogs in heat to lure their pets and kidnap them. Ransoms for these breed dogs can go up to an estimate of sevenfold the value of the pet. Canine Advocacy Programs suggest that the average cost of having adopted pets spayed or neutered and implanted with an identification chip is around $50. Doggie was kidnapped four times amounting to a total of $800 in ransom. Picture taken July 15, 2013.[Photo/Agencies]
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