Stolen Vehicle Near M1, J13

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I've recived this via e-mail today and thought I'd post here as quite a few forumites are animal lovers - I'd be pretty gutted if it was my dog so if anyone can either pass it on via e-mail to their own contacts or just keep their eyes peeled I'm sure the owners would be very grateful. Thanks :xmassign:

''Urgent, please, please help if you can.
Yesterday evening, returning home from the Championship Show at the NEC, Ross Green stopped at a service station, just off the M1 at J13. Whist paying, he saw a white youth jump into his car, a DARK BLUE VAUXHALL VECTRA ESTATE, Reg No. KJ55 XFZ. Ross ran out, tried to smash driver window and then managed to open rear passenger door but as he did so the youth started the car and sped away towards the M1. In the back of the car was his and Judith Gregory's Black & White Border Collie, Tyson, (ShCh Tonkory Guinness)


Police are searching but the service station was just a mile from the M1 and the driver could have gone in either direction. There was approx 150 miles worth of fuel in car. Please keep an eye out incase you see either the car or Tyson. If so, please contact Ross Green, tel no: (01234) 838380 and/or the police. And pray for Tyson's safe return. This is a tragedy for both Ross and Judith.

Forgive me if you receive this more than once - this is URGENT - please cross post to as many as possible .... Ross left his mobile in the car - it was still working at 11.30 this morning - the police will not put a trace on it as it is too expensive to do 'just for a dog' ..... Tyson is a wonderful Border Collie who may well be lying injured somewhere, frightened and alone..... PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN - even if it is only by cross posting the following to as many as you can.....thank you''
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I wonder -

The Pet Theft Myth

Equal parts urban legend and animal activist propaganda, the “stolen pet myth” provides a hot-button issue guaranteed to provoke fear and loathing among those of us who love our pets. But like most myths, the hyperbole and hysteria eclipse the facts.
 
My instictive reaction too Georoid without knowing there was a history of it. Sounds like a scam of some sort to me
 
Gearoid, perhaps you could have a look at the following website before spouting out a load of guff that you know nothing about, dog theft is one of the fastest growing crimes & the story above is completely true

www.doglost.co.uk
 
With respect, wouldn't the first question you'd ask be "who would leave a car unlocked, with keys in the ignition (as I assume they must have been to have jumped in and driven straight off) at a petrol station, not least with a dog in the back?"

I don't leave the car unlocked, not least with keys in it, when paying for petrol.
 
You beat me to it Aldaniti.

Dog theft is very big business indeed in the UK at the moment, and there is something of an epidemic of theft esp of working dogs - lurchers, terriers, gundogs and collies being most at risk. These seem often to go missing when 'travellers' are about, and can sometimes with careful negotiation be got back. The website offers help, advice and support

Some dogs are never found, some only by chance after years in the hands of people who have mistreated them. Some are 'ransomed' - and a lot of the pedigrees are stolen for breeding purposes, so for God's sake have your dog chipped, and if possible spayed. People who have stolen a dog to breed from will often release or ransom it if they find it's chipped and/or esp spayed. A lot are taken form parked cars, and it's no longer safe in many areas to leave a dog tied up outside a shop

Vets are getting better - largely thanks to pressure form DogLost - at checking ANY new dog which comes in, for a chip. Some police forces are starting to take these thefts more seriously but most won't and don't. Anyone who has had a pet go missing will know the agony it causes.
 
I'm sure the theif had his eyes on the car rather than the dog. In any event mobile companies trace handsets not the police. I tend to be deeply suspicious of any unsolicited email to be honest (its not a bad habit to get into)
 
Though there's always the possibility of you dieing at midnight unless it's forward to 8,000,000 people in 30 seconds Warbler.
 
Originally posted by Gearoid@Dec 9 2007, 08:55 PM
I wonder -

The Pet Theft Myth

Equal parts urban legend and animal activist propaganda, the “stolen pet myth” provides a hot-button issue guaranteed to provoke fear and loathing among those of us who love our pets. But like most myths, the hyperbole and hysteria eclipse the facts.
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I was refering to this statement :rolleyes:
 
Coming soon to a restaurant near you...

BTW, I seldom lock my car when paying for petrol and I never lock the car when the dog's inside - it would set off the alarm and send the poor thing mental.
 
this looks like a car theft to me, and it was pot luck that a dog happened to be in the back. if it was dog theft, why did he take the car to?
 
Someone stole a car during Grand National weekend once, and Steve Smith-Eccles was in the back of it. How unlucky is that ?!
 
Clearly, it was the car they were after, UG!

Glad Tyson has been found. A happy ending for the owner and for Tyson! :clap:
 
Glad he's been found and thanks to those who took it seriously, although I'm well aware of the amount of dodgy e-mails going about - I don't know how many times a day I get offered job lots of viagra or a bigger penis :eek: . I knew it had come from a reputable source otherwise I wouldn't have posted it.

Still, I have to agree there's no way I'd leave my car unlocked at the garage even if I did have a dog in the back - see plenty of people who leae their cars unlocked with babies in the back -scary stuff.
 
Originally posted by Aldaniti@Dec 10 2007, 12:02 PM
people do need to be aware of how bad dog theft is becoming
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Who said the dog was bad? And theft itself is anything but becoming.
 
Good news about the mutt, but anyone who calls their dog Tyson is obviously not playing with a full deck anyway. :D

My only surprise is that the dog wasn't a "staff"
 
Originally posted by Desert Orchid+Dec 10 2007, 09:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Desert Orchid @ Dec 10 2007, 09:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Aldaniti@Dec 10 2007, 12:02 PM
people do need to be aware of how bad dog theft is becoming
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Who said the dog was bad? And theft itself is anything but becoming. [/b][/quote]
:laughing:
 
This case shows how well the DogLost policy works, of bombarding every possible scenario with posters:

<< UPDATE FROM OWNERS: Tyson was taken into Medi vets in Watford by a person who had found him-despite having no chip the vets were aware of who to ring as they had previously been e mailed a doglost poster!!!! The power of posters work again! >>

Chipping works ever better. Those who use central locking, you shoudl be able to lock the car without putting on the security system by using the key, just to go into say a shop or garage - you have to hand lock the other doors before exiting the driver's door and locking it. Don't EVER leave your dog in an unlocked car esp it it's a working breed or a pedigree. I always leave each window open an inch then lock as above.
 
By the way this case below demonstrates what problems people who lose dogs or have them stolen have with the police... This little dog who is very valuable besides being a family pet, was found by the police v soon [ie ten mins!] after he went missing on 3 Dec. In spite of the owners having rung the police EVERY DAY they 'didn't know' or didn't bother to tell the owners until 13th Dec, by which time no-one could tell them what had happened to their dog.

http://www.doglost.co.uk/forum.asp?ID=11722

Mysteriously not only did the dog vanish from the police station, but there is no paperwork other than logging the dog in [and we all know how seriously the police take paperwork...] - AND there happened to be no film in the police station CCTV cameras...

DogLost report other instances of this happening too - the police are far too cavalier about dogs. This lady's children are utterly distraught that it's Xmas and they still don't know where their dog is [in fact it was probably taken home by someone who works there]. Shameful! The little girl whose dog it is has even been on the local news, crying her eyes out.


PS A lot of stealing is for breeding purposes - and your dog is nto even safe in your own garden if a pedigree or the type they take for poaching/shooting etc - eg this poodle, which has been 'ransomed' in the last day or two:

<< The man that took Evadnee put his hand over the gate and grabbed her and put her in a car. Will try and get a description of the car and the man later. There are certain types of people in the area (not that I'm suggesting anything) but should be borne on mind. Please everyone, as Evadnee may have been moved out of the direct area (you know what I mean), keep your eyes open - we just can't have enough posters out there for this elderly girl. >>

Given the attitude of the various police forces, it's doubtful whether this scum who took her then demanded 200 quid for her return will be prosecuted. If rhe thief hadn't found out from all the local postering that she was 12, the owners might never have got her back. Poodle puppies sell for anything btwn 450/750 quid - more with a top pedigree - so a litter is worth a lot of money.

It's easy to scoff at such things, but if your dog or cat went missing you'd soon be laughing on the other side of your face!
 
PS Was just reading back in the Dogs Reunited columns, and found that a couple of Pomeranian puppies which were stolen with several others from their owners were found only last week after TWO years - the owners responded to an ad on ePupz website and as they suspected the dogs [which they 'bought'] turned out to be their long lost Poms - luckily they were chipped! Amazingly the dogs which were just pups when stolen recognised their home and the other remaining dogs and settled back in instantly. Some are traumatised after just a week or two away... Great story, as the owner had almost been killed by the thieves' car on the day they were all stolen. Four of the six stolen are still missing, but owners and police now on the trail...
 
The whole dog theft thing scare's the life out of me, if we are going out & there is a chance that the dogs would have to stay unattended in the car we won't go or we will leave them at home (if practical)

If go past a shop & someone is is tying their dog up outside I will stay outside the shop until I see the owner come back out :shy:

The whole thing is very sad, Thankfully we have a fairly safe garden for them to be in, we don't have any back entrances or lanes as it backs out on to other gardens, we have a six foot fence & side gate which is next to our front door & cctv up between the bungalows,

Its a sad fact that you are probably safer leaving a child in a buggy outside a shop than your dog shrug::
 
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