Thread:Abe The Conservationist/@comment-4708882-20190106210929/@comment-30079834-20190427023507

They're not being used for breeding, but invasive brain research. Also, Dr. Goodner was responsible for the dogs having the plague. Dr. Boycott also hired a bounty hunter to hunt down the dogs, even though he was afraid to tell the local farmers that the dogs were his and that he only wanted to bring them back to their lab. The reviewers of the film aren't really exaggerating about them being cruel, the author was really disgusted by their actions and really did portray them as intentionally cruel. I know this wouldn't automatically count, but Boycott wanted Ackland to kill the dogs out of pleasure in the film instead of bringing him back, so they wouldn't prove him to be an embarrassment. Powell was even shocked to know that Dr. Goodner was working with the bio-weapon. His inept on handling the situation of the dogs killing livestock serves to antagonize the local farmers and provide grist to Digby Driver.