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A woman is desperately trying to get her French bulldog back after thieves snatched her puppy from a San Jose parking lot. The incident occurred Saturday around 7 p.m. at the Target off North First Street. Quinnesha Powell said she brought her dog into the store while she shopped and thieves grabbed her puppy after she had put it back in her car. “I see someone peering into the front window and then I see them open the door and take my dog out of my car,” said Powell. She said that after two men wearing black ski masks took...

For many dog owners, the coronavirus pandemic has meant more time at home with their canine companions. However, some experts are claiming the demand for dogs during lockdown has led to a significant increase in pets being stolen, with one - Wayne May from the organisation Dog Lost - saying: "I've been doing this for 30 years now and it's the worst ever year I've known". "Unfortunately, due to lockdown, people are at home more and they're looking for companion animals to take up their time. "Sadly the criminals capitalised on this. It's pushed the price of dogs and puppies...

A man who claimed his pet pug 'Egg' was stolen at knife point during an armed robbery has been charged with making a false report. It's an unexpected twist in a story that captured the nation's attention. NSW Police are now one step closer in cracking the case of Egg's disappearance, although it remains unclear if the dog was ever owned by the man in the first place....

A Virginia family whose dog was euthanized by PETA last year is suing the animal rights group for up to $9 million, according to a report by KXAN. The Zarate family's home surveillance video captured their pet chihuahua, Maya, being taken in October 2014. PETA later admitted that their former employee did make a "tragic mistake" by euthanizing Maya without the family's permission. ...

Wherefore Art Thou Romeo? Woman Offers $100K In Dognapping Case April 25, 2011 3:30 PM CORONA DEL MAR (CBS) — Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?…that’s the question an Orange County woman is asking after her Chihuahua was stolen in what she calls a politically motivated attack. Carole Rudat says her beloved dog, Romeo, was stolen from her Newport Beach backyard in August 2010. She is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the safe return of her dog. ”I’ve been told by a professional detective that this is often done to send a message to back off what...

Multi-millionaire dog receives death threats A dog left £6million by her late owner has been moved to a safe house after receiving death threats. Trouble, a small white Maltese, inherited her fortune from property and hotel billionaire Leona Helmsley. The dog came out significantly better in its owner's will than members of the Helmsley family - two of her grandchildren received nothing. But the so-called Queen of Mean's multi-million dollar trust fund for Trouble may have backfired. The New York Post reports that Trouble's new guardians have received around two dozen death threats directed at the bitch. Two months ago,...

A couple have told how they paid a £750 ransom to a gang for the return of their beloved pet lurcher. The dog, named Buddy, was snatched by four men as David Cornock collected his morning newspaper. advertisement After almost two months, he had given up all hope of getting it back. But Mr Cornock and his wife Mareth received a £750 ransom demand. After a clandestine meeting in a dark layby, they were reunited with their pet dog. Police criticised the couple for giving in to the ransom demand, saying it made their work "difficult". But Mrs Cornock, 63,...

Two PETA employees accused of stealing a hunting dog and discarding its electronic tracking device are scheduled to go to trial today in Southampton General District Court. Carrie Beth Edwards and Andrea Florence Benoit face grand larceny and petty larceny charges. Southampton County police say they pulled over Edwards and Benoit in a van registered to Norfolk-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and found the dog inside.

Yesterday afternoon in Norfolk, Virginia, the Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported that the federal Drug Enforcement Administration has developed a particular interest in People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals . On April 18 a dozen DEA agents searched PETA's headquarters for records related to how the group uses--and trains its staff to use--controlled substances. We already know what the drugs are used for: PETA has killed over 14,000 helpless dogs and cats since it started reporting the practice in 1998. But since the animal-cruelty trial of two PETA employees closed three months ago, we have been wondering whether the feds would...

SPECIAL REPORT: Judge Reminds PETA That Dognapping Is A Felony June 27, 2007 Yesterday, the latest People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) employee to run afoul of the law made her get-out-of-jail-free arguments before a Virginia judge. It didn’t go too well. At the end of a 90-minute “probable cause” hearing in the aptly named town of Courtland, Virginia, PETA worker Andrea Florence Benoit stood charged with the October 2006 felony theft of a hunting dog. And we learned a great deal more about this disturbing case, and just how far PETA will go to substitute its judgment...

LOS ANGELES (AP)-Four purebred Yorjshire terriers stolen at gunpoint during a home invasion robbery more than a week ago were returned to their owners after a man turned himself in to police.Three puppies, valued at $2,500 each, and a full-grown family pet named Tan-ja were reunited with their owners at the Wishire Division police station Saturday night.