{"id":26992,"date":"2021-01-29T23:03:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T23:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=26992"},"modified":"2021-02-01T10:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T10:13:33","slug":"heart-breaking-dog-thefts-forcing-owners-to-take-hunt-into-own-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/heart-breaking-dog-thefts-forcing-owners-to-take-hunt-into-own-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Heart-breaking&#8217; dog thefts forcing owners to take hunt into own hands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dog owners in South Wales say police are not doing enough to fight a recent rise in dog crime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past few months, reports of dog thefts have been widespread with many owners making heartfelt appeals for the return of their four-legged friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8216;Help find Flash&#8217; campaign has been ongoing for more than three months. Flash is a seven-year old Fox Terrier who has been missing from the Vale of Glamorgan area since November last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a Facebook group including more than five thousand members, &#8216;Help find Flash&#8217; shows how deeply the loss of a dog affects their owners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/01\/IMG_8384.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/01\/IMG_8384.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/01\/IMG_8384-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/01\/IMG_8384-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/01\/IMG_8384-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/01\/IMG_8384.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/01\/IMG_8384.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/01\/IMG_8384-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/01\/IMG_8384-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/01\/IMG_8384-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Flash was last seen in the Goldsland Wenove Woods on 11\/11\/2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dawn Taylor has been part of the campaign since the beginning. She says the amount of reports of stolen dogs she has seen makes her scared for her own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s right on your doorstep,&#8221; she said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I just feel that more needs to be done with regards to this. It&#8217;s being taken into the general public&#8217;s hands because they&#8217;re not really doing anything about.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Wales Police have been approached for comment but have not responded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lockdown has been a key factor in the growing number of dog thefts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keith Hinde, co-founder of Tech4Pets, a non-profit company that uses technology to solve animal welfare problems, says pet prices have skyrocketed since last March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In March, for a French Bulldog, the average price being listed was \u00a31,250,&#8221; he said. &#8220;By the time we got to the end of last year, the average was almost \u00a32,500.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This increase in demand has made dog-stealing a lucrative business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;ve got something that you are walking around on a lead worth many thousands of pounds, it stands to reason that somebody is going to see that as something to exploit,&#8221; Keith said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Progress is being made in the fight against the illicit pet business. Police in Carmarthenshire recently completed a raid where 80 stolen dogs were found. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Enquiries are ongoing as officers try to identify the owners of the dogs.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Oh11f1JeAE\">https:\/\/t.co\/Oh11f1JeAE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Heddlu Dyfed-Powys Police (@DyfedPowys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DyfedPowys\/status\/1353746523251732485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But as the lockdown drags on and the demand for a furry friend continues to rise, it&#8217;s possible these crimes may carry on threatening our communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Anyone who may have information regarding Flash&#8217;s whereabouts are encouraged or to join the Help Flash Facebook group or contact the team directly on +44 7749 341694<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dog owners in South Wales say police are not doing enough to fight a recent rise in dog crime. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":26993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,6],"tags":[119,181,233,235],"coauthors":[556],"class_list":["post-26992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cjsnewsteam","category-news","tag-crime","tag-dogs","tag-pets","tag-south-wales-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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