Fake R S P C A Officers Steal 15 Beagles

[samoyedman]

http://ab.co/1UXnVyD

Police search for a man and two women who stole 15 beagle puppies from a house in south-west Victoria by posing as RSPCA officers.

[Scottsmum]

Crazy & sad.

[Steve]

Its an offence to impersonate an RSPCA officer but what about the offence of stealing 25000 dollars worth of puppies?

Push push the breeders to tell the world where we live and have a never ending stream of people who want to check we aren't puppy farming and the risk increases.

[Sheridan]

For some reason, Trantor has stuck her nose into this one.

[Kirislin]

what are they going to do with that many puppies?

[Steve]

what are they going to do with that many puppies?

Sell them and or breed with them. This has been going on for years. Several litters of beagles and their Mums were stolen from the Albury area about ten years ago and I had a litter stolen at 5 weeks of age. Three beagle puppies were stolen after they went home in the Deniliquin area too prior to the days where microchipping was mandatory before they left the breeder. So its not new.

In my case Father and Son turned up at my property unannounced one Sunday evening and requested to see my puppies.I told them I didnt have any but [stupid] told them I had a litter due and when - showed them Mum and Dad etc. I had nothing to hide - was proud of my dogs and my dog areas Told them what we do and the time frame for vaccination and microchipping.

I asked them where they got my address from. First answer from Dad was the internet and when I challenged that the Son told me that they had gone to the pizza hut and given the people there my phone number and they had given out my address from where we had pizza deliveries !!!!!!!!!

They both left, I chucked a whammy with the manager of the pizza hut and Ive never ordered a takeaway for delivery since and I cooled down and forgot about it but my puppies were stolen at 5 weeks before they were microchipped.

Over the past 40 years Ive had hundreds of people visit my property to check me and my dogs out and you really have no idea of who they are what their motives are .They can tell you anything including they are from the RSPCA or council or case the place and wait their chance.

Either way its a vulnerable situation for many breeders and I get why many don't want people coming to their properties.

I get about 3 to 6 enquiries per day for beagles via email and phone. Its usually "do you have any puppies if not are you expecting a litter, can we come to see the parents." Advertising them tells someone you have them for when they want to come calling.

Couple that with an inexperienced breeder or one that doesn't know their rights and someone just made an easy 25 grand.

It may also be some do gooders who heard there were dead puppies so they came and saved them - wouldn't be the first time. But instead of terrifying breeders with what can happen to them and how the RSPCA has police powers and can seize dogs etc part of it all should be to tell breeders what they can't do.

Edited April 7, 2016 by Steve