Donna Whitaker, executive director of the Hawaii Island Humane Society, says often a dog barks because it is bored.

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Police were usually too busy to stick around timing dog barks.

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Somewhere in the Golden State, another dog barks.

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As we floated past rows of towering ahuejote trees, all was peaceful, save for the barks of a small dog running along the shore.

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Some mornings I don my Bose headset to shut out barks from Dakota, our dog, who's aroused by my predawn noises.

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Police said it was thought the four-year-old dog may have been taken on 11 December for fear its barks would have drawn attention to the crime.

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