14th April’14.
From East Yorkshire Police –
THANKS TO THE POWER OF FACEBOOK WE HAVE LOCATED THE FIVE STOLEN CHIHUAHUAS!
“After intruders entered a house in Lissett, East Yorkshire last Thursday and took five show dogs along with an array of expensive jewellery, a camera, photographic equipment, a bunch of keys including a car key to the family car and a laptop computer, police have located the five missing Chihuahuas.
The five Chihuahuas have now been confirmed as belonging to the family in Lissett. The five dogs have been located in Warrington, Cheshire.
A 30-year-old man was jogging down a track on Friday evening in Culcheth, Warrington when he allegedly came across five abandoned Chihuahuas down a farm track.
He took them to his home address, as they all looked dishevelled and in need of food and water. Luckily a visiting friend informed the man of our Facebook appeal following Thursday’s burglary and he contacted the police right away.
Identification proved time consuming, however inroads made by Cheshire Police have formally identified the dogs came from our Lissett burglary.
Please pass on our huge thank you to all those who shared this post, we had calls from all over the country with possible sightings in London, Thames Valley and Manchester, to name just a few – Social media is a very powerful tool and we are very grateful for all your support in trying to locate these dogs.
Their rightful owner is looking forward to being reunited with their pets and the burglary investigation will continue.”
Original post:- VALENCHINO CHIHUAHUAS STOLEN. Entire Show Kennel of Chihuahuas stolen from home in broad daylight, through back window, from York, YO25 area, (North East) on Thursday, 10th April 2014.
Both Smooth Coats and Long Coats, ranging from Black tri to pure white. Aged from 6 months to 5 years.
Valenchino Chihuahua Xena, who was named Best Puppy in Breed at Crufts 2014, was snatched with four other dogs from a house in East Yorkshire on Thursday.
Owner Mal Hilton said he and his partner Lucy Hilton have been left devastated by the theft of Xena, her grandmother Angel and her mother Io, as well as two others called Pandora and Evie.
They fear the thieves will realise the dogs, worth tens of thousands of pounds, are impossible to sell and will harm them instead.
“I’m 65 years old and I haven’t cried for years until now,” said Mr Hilton.
“They are just like our children. We are devastated by this and we just want them back.”
He described how the thieves broke into the house in the village of Lissett, near Driffield, by smashing a window with an iron bar.
“I just want someone to hand them in – to the RSPCA, to a vet, to anywhere safe. It doesn’t matter. just leave them somewhere so we can get them back.
“I’m just so worried they will come to harm.”
Fourteen-month old fawn longcoat Xena – whose show name is Valenchino Made of Candy – has won at many shows but her crowning glory was being named Best Puppy in Breed at Crufts last month. She has also qualified for Crufts 2015.
Humberside Police confirmed that intruders entered the house on Allison Lane between 9.30am and 4.50pm on Thursday.
Officers said they believe the thieves might have used a wicker basket to take the dogs away.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/crufts-2014-champion-valenchino-chihuahua-3403585#ixzz2ygiRv5Di
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Please remember that 19% of stolen dogs are taken in a house burglary!
Don’t forget to sign the petition to help all missing microchipped pets get back home, this owner and her dogs need your help! Just click here:- http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/50401
