Can Anything Be Done About Dog Thefts?

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-55356211

Dog thefts at an all time high due to spike in demand for dogs while in lock down. Says in the video that two organised crime gangs are known to have abandoned selling drugs in order to focus on dogs because they are more profitable now and the penalties if you get caught are much lighter.

What can be done about this problem? It is truly distressing these animals are true companions to so many families and they are treated abominably.

[jourdain2]

And here we are, longing to adopt a small/medium sized placid b8i8t8c8h any breed or none (apart from not a terrier) - and can we find one in need? Answer is NO!

[Peter Pedant]

shoot them
no not the dogs silly

[Peter Pedant]

yeah we had a rescue batch who used to go back to the school
where the 7 y old went whose parents had abandoned it

dog then took refuge behind our legs when Dad came

[rockyracoon]

This is why I think the robbers can delete the info on the microchips. When we got Rodders, the charity said he was chipped but it was blank. How can that be?

We had to ‘foster’ him for a week in case it didn’t work out. During that week I scoured Dogs Lost and other lost pet websites and did a fair bit of Googling in case he was stolen. I couldn’t bear the thought of a family being devastated if he belonged to them.