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Puppy-napping. A new crime wave??!

Brutuskend

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Apr 2, 2001
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I was looking for a video I saw on Comcast that showed a guy stuffing a puppy down his pants and walking out of a pet store.

Well apparently, this isn't that uncommon these days. :|

In the one video the store owner says something about wanting to get the puppy back (well I'm sure I would want to get the puppy back as well) but I wonder if it's the puppy he wants back or the $1,600 he REALLY wants.

If you look at the stories linked to, you will see that MOST of these puppies are over $1000.00! I for one could NEVER see paying even CLOSE to that amount for a puppy! And MUTTS seem to ME the be better dogs anyway, and can be had for little or nothing through a local paper or the Animal Shelter.

As far as the people taking these pups, do you think they are doing it for the companionship or the money they can get re selling the puppy?

If they REALLY want the dog and can't afford it, well that's ONE thing, and if caught I would take that into consideration, but if they are doing to to SELL them, :| then I say prosecute to the FULL extent of the LAW!!!
 

Codewiz

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Lots of bully breeds are stolen from people's home and cars. They are stolen to be used in dog fighting. I always keep a close eye on my dogs when I leave them outside because I don't want them stolen.

Never buy a dog from a pet store either. 99.9% of dogs from pet stores come from the worst conditions and are typically produced by puppy mills.

On another forum I post on, a lady had her dog with her in her car. She ran into a convenience store to grab a drink. She left the car running and when she got back some asshat had stolen her dog. In a matter of 2 minutes someone had stolen the dog but not the car if that tells you anything.
 

OulOat

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Originally posted by: Codewiz
On another forum I post on, a lady had her dog with her in her car. She ran into a convenience store to grab a drink. She left the car running and when she got back some asshat had stolen her dog. In a matter of 2 minutes someone had stolen the dog but not the car if that tells you anything.

That she was driving a beater?