TWO dog-lovers whose west highland terriers were stolen from outside McDonald's in Stratford-upon-Avon were reunited with their pets today (Thursday) thanks to the police, and the Herald.
By Matt Wilson
May 30, 2013
Joseph Steen, aged 72, and his wife Pat, 75, haven’t been able to sleep all week, left distraught after ten-year-old Dougal and 13-year-old Del were taken on Sunday.
“The response has been amazing,” said Joseph. “Before 8am a woman phoned us up and said ‘I believe I know where your dogs are’.”
Today, police confirmed that a 27-year-old Stratford woman has been arrested on suspicion of theft and is now being questioned.
Officers found Dougal “tied up in a house”, according to Pat, and then took him round to the couple’s home.
But 13-year-old Del had escaped and was found by a member of the public on the Birmingham Road.
He was taken to a dog warden and thanks to a microchip in the back of his neck, identified, and handed over to the couple this morning, at the Royal British Legion in Bull Street. “We are ecstatic,” said Pat.
Joseph thanked everyone that helped, including the police, and the numerous Herald readers who rang him after reading this article.
“It has put us through hell," he said. "But the response was brilliant.”
But after a remarkable response from Herald readers to their story in today’s paper, the couple are now over the moon after getting their beloved dogs back.
Source: http://www.stratford-herald.com/local-news/6734-found-dog-lovers-reunited-with-stolen-westies.html
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