Q: I had my dog stolen off of my property, when I was not home.
My dog was stolen off of my property, and she is microchipped. Someone has taken her into the animal control to get scanned for microchip and I was contacted by the person who has her that my dog is found and to give him a call, I was contacted by email. But the number he provided is a disconnected number and he provided the number to the animal control. I went to the a.c. And they told me the guy took my dog with him and did not want to leave any information of himself. What can I do about this? I asked if they would be able to check their cameras to see the description of the guy but I was told it’s confidential, which I totally understand. Also they have a folder in the office of lost dogs and mines was the very first one, I’m not sure why any of the workers didn’t let him know to check the folder. I feel like I was failed by the animal control of not holding my dog in the a.c and they let him get away with a reported stolen dog.
A:
call the police.
my first trial 40 years ago was a dognapping. i have never heard of one since but the thief should be caught and prosecuted.
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