I just can't believe that dog rustlers are still operating in this day and age! I've just read about the 5 people who have been arrested after stealing a litter of 8 Springer Spaniels from a back garden near Blandford Forum! Do thieves really have nothing better to do than terrify and confuse young animals and deprive honest people of a livelihood all in the sake of making a quick buck?
OK so the owners had offered a reward of £200 per puppy or £1000 for the whole lot, so they they must be valuable to breeders, but imagine trying to offload them. Wouldn't people be suspicious if they were approached by wideboys selling unwanted dogs? Or maybe even worse - what if they were stealing to order? Maybe there's a whole dog trafficking network going on in Blandford - and beyond. Well I'm pretty sickened by the whole thing. And Dorset Police are being kept pretty busy by offences committed against dogs at the moment. Has anyone else seen that CCTV footage of the poor ginger dog dumped by callous owners in the car park in Weymouth? The poor eight-year-old sheltie terrier, tried to follow its owner after it was chucked out of a blue Mazda. I hope the police get the people that are doing this to defenceless animals. The CCTV footage is heartbreaking.