There is a book called "Stolen
for Profit", I can't remember the author . It is about rings of dog
theives (through deception, stealing them out of yards, etc) that sell to
research. When I read it I was shocked that there was such an organized
"underworld" of people. I thought it was good reading for any
animal owner (dog or horse) because it showed you the how's and why's of their
business, and maybe a person could recognize when "a ring" was working in their
area and take precautions.
Linda
(on our way to Westminster... wish us
luck!)
It seems that dog thieves are as
busy as horse thieves. My puppy search project turned this up, so I thought it
was worth passing on.
TWO BLUE NINE WEEK OLD SHAR PEI PUPPIES
STOLEN IN MINNESOTA On Sunday, January 19, 2003, a woman named Elizabeth
Yard, New Brighton, MN and James Johnsen (Maybe aliases) purchased one
show quality blue brushcoat= male and his sister a blue bearcoat
female for $1,900. There may be a third party involved name Wendy
Andersen of Brooklyn Center, MN. BEWARE, they are wonderful actors.
Elizabeth shared how she was going to ve= t tech school and was going to
use the puppy in her training. Elizabeth was = very personable. Wells
Fargo Bank has informed us that Elizabeth Yard's banking account
was a bogus account. We called the two phone numbers that Elizabeth gave us
and they had been di= sconnected. We contacted the Lindstrom, MN
Sheriff's office and the St. Paul= , MN Police Department. We were
informed that this wasn't the first time the= y had done this. On
January 6, 2003, they purchased 2 AKC Beagle puppies and= did the
same thing to those breeders. They are driving a late model Chevrolet light
tan crewcab pickup. If you se= e or hear of these people, or if someone
calls you about buying or selling the puppies described above, please
ask them for their names and phone numb= ers and then call us at
651-257-4304 or Officer Theresa Spencer, St. Paul Po= lice, at
651-248-3997, or the Chisago County Sheriff's Department
at 651-257-4100. The Sheriff advised us that we probably will never see
our puppies again as= they may be in a different state by now. We
are trying all avenues to find = our puppies and at the same time alert
all breeders. If you belong to other dog clubs, please pass this
information on to them. Permission to cross pos= t. All we want is our
puppies back. Greg & Becky Biedermann Hidden Haven
Shar-Pei hidhav2@xxxxxxxxx
