Crime
Cooked chicken used to lure dogs
TWO children are devastated
after thieves stole their pets by
luring them with cooked chicken.
Debo, a two-year-old rottweiler,
and Burt, a 14-month-old terrier,
were stolen from Valley View
Stables, Trimdon Village, County
Durham, where they stayed
while their owners were at school
and work.
Owner Andrea Scott, a dog
groomer, said she found chicken
legs at the end of each dog's lead
when she went to collect them on
Tuesday.
She said the dogs were loved by
the whole family, but daughters
Siobhan, nine, and Meghanne, 14,
were very upset.
"Siobhan has been crying all
night, but I don't know what to
say to either of them. I don't
know if the dogs are going to
come back and, if they don't, I
suppose we can only hope they
are being looked after," said Mrs
Scott, of Coxhoe, County Durham.
"They are family pets, not
guard dogs. They don't have a
bad bone in their bodies. We have
a holding where we keep horses,
which is the best place for them
if everyone is away out all day.
"I have been doing some detective
work and they have to have
been taken in daylight. There is
a river not far away with water
rats, which would have eaten the
chicken that was left for the dogs
if it had been dark."
Debo is a rescue dog with distinctive
lumps on the back of its
front legs.
Both dogs are black and tan,
healthy, but only the rottweiler is
fitted with an identity microchip.
Mrs Scott, and husband Tony,
a fitter, hope that the dogs are
being kept together because
Debo's chip could lead to the return
of both dogs.
PC John Seymour, beat officer
for Trimdon, said whoever had
taken the animals had planned
the theft well and appealed to the
public for help in tracking the
thieves.
Anyone with information is
asked to contact PC Seymour on
0845-60-60-365, or Crimestoppers,
in confidence, on 0800-555-111.
11:00am Friday 9th May 2008
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