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A springer spaniel stolen from her Perthshire home has been reunited with her owners thanks to social media.

Effie was unwittingly bought by a Fife man after being taken from outside Fingask Castle.

After becoming suspicious that his new pet may have been filched from her rightful family, he then spotted an appeal for the petite pooch on a social site.

Now three weeks after she was taken, the two-year-old bitch is happy at home after the man made the “heartbreaking” decision to hand her back.