Thief takes pups, offers to sell them back
A burglar broke into a San Francisco home, beat the two adult dogs living there, stole a litter of puppies and then apparently called the owner, offering to sell the pups back.
Last week, police said, someone broke into a house in the 100 block of Cameron Way in the Bayview neighborhood and ransacked it, stealing a laptop computer, a television and all four puppies.
During the burglary, the parents of the puppies were badly beaten, apparently with some kind of blunt object, according to the San Francisco Examiner.
The day after the burglary, someone contacted the dogs’ owner, offering to sell the puppies back for $200. The woman told police she didn’t have the money to do so.
The four-week-old puppies are tan and black-colored miniature Doberman Pinscher and Beagle mixes, and were still nursing, according to police.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Sgt. Neil Cunningham of Bayview Station at (415) 671-2300 or the station’s anonymous tip line at (415) 822-8147.
Posted by jwoestendiek February 13th, 2012 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animal cruelty, animals, bayview, beagle, beaten, burglary, crime, cruelty to animals, dogs, kidnapping, min pins, miniature pinschers, mixed, pets, puppies, pups, ransom, san francisco, stolen, taken, thief
Comments
Comment from Sue
Time February 13, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Every day there are way too many reminders that we live in a sick – very sick – society…
Comment from Anne’n'Spencer
Time February 13, 2012 at 11:50 am
What an absolutely crappy thing to do. I wonder what the thief would’ve done if she’d said, “Can I write you a check?”