Buttercup the pug stolen from boarding kennel during fun day for animal rescue charity Mutts in Distress
Police have issued an appeal for witnesses and information after a dog was stolen from boarding kennels near Bishop's Stortford.
Four-year-old pug Buttercup was snatched during a fun day for Mutts in Distress, the animal rescue charity based at Normandale Kennels in New Barn Lane, Little Hallingbury. She was taken from her kennel on Sunday May 26 just before 6.30pm.
Investigating officer PC James Hicks, from Essex Police, said: “The theft of any beloved pet from the family home, or in this case from a boarding kennel, is always extremely distressing.
“Pets are an integral and loved part of their family home. For them to be snatched away by callous thieves in these circumstances is both extremely cruel and wicked.
“I am keen to hear from anybody who saw Buttercup being taken or saw anyone acting suspiciously in the area that day.
“No matter how insignificant you may think the information you have is, it may be the missing part of the jigsaw that helps us to reunite her with her owner.”
Essex Police is asking vets to be vigilant. Buttercup is listed on microchip service PETPLUS and has been marked as stolen.
Anyone with information is asked to call PC Hicks in the Saffron Walden local policing team on 101, quoting crime reference 42/82588/19. You can also report information online by visiting www.essex.police.uk or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.