Missing Pets Alliance News Today

The three most stolen dog breeds in the UK have been revealed amid shocking new statistics around pet theft, including XL Bullys.

More than 100 dogs were stolen in West Yorkshire last year, new figures show.

Dog theft has a devastating impact on families. From realisation of loss, not knowing the welfare, whereabouts and whether you will ever be reunited is a traumatic experience.

Police begin a murder investigation as man is allegedly killed by dognappers.

Victims of pet theft liken it to losing a family member and they want tougher laws

When Angela and Giles Greenhough’s Norfolk Terrier, Ruby, turned four last week there was no birthday hug, no celebratory steak supper or game with her favourite ball which she had mischievously picked from a shop shelf and declared her own. All they could do was make a toast to the dog stolen from their farmhouse in Saltash, Cornwall, two years ago, and desperately hope that, wherever Ruby is, she is at least with Margie, their other beloved Terrier taken at the same time.

Since January 2010, almost 4,000 dogs have been reported stolen in the Greater London area with police managing to return the pets in one in eight cases. Across Britain, six dogs a day are stolen.

New research has found that Kent has the second highest number of dog thefts in the UK.

The data sheds light on the scale of dogs stolen across the UK

The data sheds light on the scale of dogs stolen across the UK