Dog Theft.

[supersuezy24]

Hi Everyone,

Just back from a walk in the local park with my dog.
The park warden and another man came over to me and told me that I should be careful in the park from now on as earlier on today a gang of lads approached another man who was walking his dog in the park and pulled a knife on him threatening to stab him if he did not give them his dog(a husky).
The gang ran off when they seen the park warden approaching so the mans dog wasn't taken.

What the hell is wrong with people that they do this kind of crap?? What the hell makes them do this??
I have heard of people been robbed for their phones, money, ipods etc but for their dogs??!!

[boxtops]

That's dreadful, but I guess they thought the dog looked cool. Never mind the poor dog, how they would have looked after it....

[China Doll]

Some breeds go for a decent amount of cash I think. I don't suppose they'd be after your general mongrel (don't know though). Either that or the price of meat has gotten too much for the local take aways.

[sandyRoe]

If that man had his dog taken, and later offered a reward for its return, somebody would have shown up and claimed he found it.

[supersuezy24]

Oh my God Sandyroe, I never even thought of that!! What a scam!

[Nini74]

it's awful - but i remember reading in the paper once about a spate of dog thefts, where the owners were then contacted and a ransom demanded! People love their dogs and are willing to pay a ransom for their safe return. I imagine a husky would be worth a lot of money to this gang who could potentially either sell it on, or demand money for safe return. It's awful that people would stoop so low.