How horrible that must be!!! I am sitting here with tears in my eyes right now. The pain you are feeling must be so awful!! I have no legal advice for you, but I want you to know that I am feeling for you. Why did you have no legal rights to her? Who registered her tags? Who took her to the vet? None of it makes any sense. When she had her rabies, did you register her tags under someone else? To have your dog taken is almost as bad as losing one to death! Plenty of us know how you feel here. If you get lonely in this room, and want to talk more, please come and post in the death, dying and support room. All the poeple in there are wonderful, and caring. And, I'm curious what our Administrator, MD will have to say on this matter!! You have come to the right place to vent, and grieve. It is truly as you have lost a loved one to death, as her good life with you is dead now. This man must be a horrible, cold hearted, conniving, uncaring person!! I am truly so sad for you, really I am. The only thing I can say to you is, one day..the pain won't hurt nearly as much. I know you don't believe me, but I know. I lost my wonderful little sheltie mix to death just 2 months ago. I thought my heart had been ripped out!! I didn't know how I would be able to go on with life, and how I would function without my best friend. But, here I am now 2 months later, a new puppy momma, and still breathing. The pain gets less every day. Just keep your memories, and get out your pictures, don't be afraid to remember. Remember the good times, and never give up hope that she may come back to you someday. If you feel you'd like to talk more, come visit us in the death dying support, the people there are wonderful, as is the Admin (MD). Take care, and remember, it's ok to grieve, and be sad, we understand you. Please come in and read our posts, and read our stories, and you will know we all understand ...........Zippers Momma