It’s really heartbreaking that dogs still get stolen across the United States. This has been a huge problem for a long time.
Historically, dogs were stolen just to be sold to laboratories for medical research. This practice hasn’t ended yet. It’s still ongoing in many countries around the world, mostly in South East Asia, where dogs are even cooked as food.
But, when the American government introduced the Animal Welfare Acto of 1966, this motive for stealing dogs has been declined. But, dogs are still stolen just to extort money from their owners or even sold to other people.
When dog owners found out that their furry companions are missing, they are heartbroken. They wonder if the dog ran away and or if it’s hurt or dead somewhere.
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However, to find out that someone actually came to your house to steal your dog can make the dog owners really angry. Two years ago, a home surveillance camera caught thieves in Texas while they were stealing a cute puppy from the front yard.
When the two suspects arrived in front of Matthew Ivy’s home in Mesquite, Texas, one of them das distracting the big dogs, while the other stole Chipper, the 10-week-old French mastiff, by his collar.
From the video of the surveillance camera, both men are standing by the car. One of them is distracting the bigger dogs while the other is engaging with the 10-week-old puppy.
One of the men reached over the fence and pulled Chipper by his collar.
Then, they put the puppy into the vehicle and drive away.
Fortunately, this story doesn’t end here. has a happy ending. After the video of Chipper getting stolen went viral, the man who actually bought the puppy from one of the suspects for $300, saw the surveillance footage. Brian Vasquez decided to return the puppy to his rightful owner.
Vasquez even confirmed that one of the men in the video was the person who sold him the puppy.
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