Dog Theft Alert - Castleford, Yorks 14.02.05

jazzi

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Location: Birmingham

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14-02-2005, 10:56 AM

Dog Theft Alert - Castleford, Yorks 14.02.05

> Here is a description of a van belonging to travellers based near
> Castleford, Yorks, which has been used in a large number of dog
> thefts. It
> is operating from a site which appears to be a no-go area. The thieves
> are
> quite brazen and have snatched dogs from people who were out walking them.
>
> "This transit is hand painted blue, with black round the bottom. It has
> windows in the back but they are also painted over. This is quite obvious
> and cannot be mistaken for those with window shapes that are not really
> windows, if you know what I mean. It also has custom built cages in the
> back, and looks like a kennels van."
>
> The thieves have been mostly taking staffies recently (according to the
> RSPCA for breeding and selling rather than fighting) bu of course all
> dogs
> are vulnerable.

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Traci

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14-02-2005, 11:06 AM

Thanks Jazzi, there is alot of dog thefts lately.

jazzi

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Location: Birmingham

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14-02-2005, 11:07 AM

Just too many for my liking Traci!!!!

olive

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Location: West of Scotland

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14-02-2005, 11:29 AM

All these dog thefts have really unnerved me. I feel like I'm constantly on the look out for suspicious people when I'm out walking Olive. One night last week, I was up in the industrial estate walking her and a van drove up and when it got to me and Olive it slowed right down to a crawl. I think I could hear dogs barking in the back but I'm not sure. When it got to the end of the road instead of turning onto the main road it doubled back along the next road down as though it was going to come back along the road we were on, which was very strange because all the factories were closed so there was no reason for the van to be in this area. Now the guy was probably a dog lover having a look at lovely Olive jumping about like a lunatic, but I checked the reg number and then rushed away home just in case, and although this was probably nothing, I did feel very vulnerable afterwards.

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