Question

Give a plausible explantion or hypothesis for the spike in dog searches that occurred between 2014 and 2015 that would lead to further investigation or research. give your explanation and what you would want to investigate next.

Answer 1

The increase in the number of surveys related to dogs in the period may have occurred due to the increase in the number of cases of non-elderly dog deaths.

First, an initial research was done to identify if there were any pathological or external agents, such as the weather, that explained the dogs' death. Once the causative agent is discovered, further research is commissioned to understand the mechanisms of action of the causative agent of death and ways to prevent such events from happening.

Answer 2

Three was an upsurge of missing dogs during this time period due to weather related events. Missing persons should also be investigated.