Well I would certainly value the life of someone stealing my dog less than the dog, hell that person would be lower than a horse thief and they used to hang horse thieves.
@GtHawk Back when I was still able to have a dog,one of my Golden Rules was "You hurt my dog,I hurt you more."
The same rule applies to my cats.
They can't defend themselves against aggressive humans,but I damn sure can take care of that for them,and will if neccessary.
Not that I expect to. Pretty much everybody around here knows me,and knows better.
Truth to tell,this is a pretty rural area,so damn near everybody owns dogs or cats or both,so you just never hear about animal abuse or torture around here. That sort of thing is almost always restricted to cities.