Monday, July 5, 2010

Jet, pug

Teesside dog-owner reunited with missing pet
May 27 2010 by Naomi Corrigan, Evening Gazette

THE owners of a cherished pet pug spoke of their relief after he was returned home safely.

Jet, with Fiona

Tim and Marion Miller and daughter Fiona were distraught when Jet disappeared during an evening walk in the grounds of Ormesby Hall.

Believing he had been snatched, Fiona, 31, of Nunthorpe, immediately contacted police but shortly afterwards her parents received a call from a man claiming someone tried to sell him the three-year-old dog for £150.

The frantic family searched the streets and placed over 300 posters up in the area and luckily, after two long days, the family were reunited with Jet when a woman called to say she found him wandering.

Fiona believes Jet was initially stolen before he was found.

“It was absolutely horrendous,” she said, “I was walking him with his brother Jovi and my Staffy Molly. I turned my back for a few seconds and he was gone. It’s not like him to wander.

“We have been told he was stolen. People have told us who it was. It’s disgusting what some people will do to make money. They’d sell their own grandma.”

A spokeswoman for Cleveland Police said inquiries are ongoing into the dog’s possible theft.

Stealing dogs to sell them on is increasing in the UK. A third of dogs reported missing are recorded as stolen.

Cleveland Police have reports of seven dogs stolen since January. More are missing but are believed to be lost or escaped.

Earlier this month, a puppy was stolen from a property in Saltersgill Avenue and in April, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier was taken from a garden in Grove Hill.

Three tiny puppies were also stolen during a walk-in burglary in Hemlington in January.

Source: http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2010/05/27/teesside-dog-owner-reunited-with-missing-pooch-84229-26528797/

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