Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeDognappers are posing as charity workers to target the homes of people with expensive pets in a sinister new tactic. Dog owners warn that heartless pet snatchers are tagging homes with dogs by leaving fake collection bags on doorsteps so colleagues know which homes to visit later. The alert was raised by residents in Uckfield, Sussex who noticed a man leaving British Heart Foundation donation bags on driveways before talking to a colleague in a waiting pickup truck. The pandemic lockdown has prompted the worst year ever for dog thefts as walkers, kennels, gardens and homes are targeted. Previous news reports said dog thieves were leaving chalk marks on pavements to indicate homes with dogs worth stealing.

Source: Daily Mirror March 09, 2021 20:01 UTC