Canada - Dog owners frantic after van carrying 15 dogs stolen,Toronto 18/11/16

A van with as many as 16 dogs inside was stolen in downtown Toronto Friday morning.
The dogs were being collected by Soulmutts Toronto Ltd., a company that offers daycare services for pets. A worker with the company left the car parked outside a condo at 215 Fort York Blvd. near Bathurst Street while he picked up a client’s dog. The plan was to take all the dogs to a local dog park.
The van was left running to keep the air conditioning on but kept the vehicle locked as they had access to a second key. However, when the worker returned, the van and the dogs were gone.

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These dogs are among more than a dozen that were inside a van stolen from outside a Fort York Boulevard condo on the morning of Friday, Nov. 18, 2016.




Police are now on the lookout for a white Ford panel van with the license plate AM34 530.
They described the suspect as a white male who stands about six feet tall.

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Const. David Hopkinson said that, around 11 a.m., a staff member at SoulMutts Toronto, a local dog-walking company, was loading dogs into the company van when a man climbed in and took off.

“We just ask that if the person ditches the van, that they keep the car running and the air-conditioning on,” SoulMutts owner Alison Fodero said. “We don’t want any harm to the animals.”
Fodero was also told that police don’t believe that the van was targeted.
“I am devastated, just devastated,” Sheila O’Toole, one of the dog owners told the Star. “What kind of person would do this?”
O’Toole was returning from her lunch break Friday when she received the news that her dog, Agnes, an 8-year-old Jatzu (half Japanese Chin, half Shih Tzu), was one of the pets taken when the van was hijacked.
“I had to read the email five times. I broke down,” she said.

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Among the dogs taken in the van is Simba the Shiba Inu, popular on Instagram with more than 17,000 followers.

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tarabull said:

I would lose my marbles if my dog was in that van!!!

:thud:

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Police are searching for a suspect described as a white male, 200 lbs, wavy blonde hair past his ears, carrying a pink Ardene bag.

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Fodero is asking the person — or people — who stole the van to leave the vehicle where police can find it and make sure the dogs are okay.

"If they can leave it on a side street, or in a parking lot, or just park it and leave the van running and just leave the A/C running. We just want the dogs back," she said.

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dotr said:

http://www.cp24.com/news/16-dogs-inside-van-stolen-from-outside-fort-york-condo-1.3167266

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matou said:

I'm freaking out over this story. It's totally dark now. Just let the dogs go somewhere!!!! The owners are crying, panicking now and so am I.

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bluesneakers said:

I just took a walk and it's chilly too. I hope whoever has the dogs has them inside.

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This German shepherd named Sally was inside the dog walker's van that was stolen Friday.

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"They need food, they need water. What if it's hot in there? There's so many scenarios of things that could wrong," said De Cesare.

"Even if they're not hurt by the people, just leaving them in a van for that long can be dangerous," said De Cesare.
Pedro Barata and his wife are missing their nine-month-old German shepherd Sally.

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dotr said:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/van-dogs-stolen-1.3857608

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redharebunnygirl said:

All the dogs are in my prayers...I can only pray that the person who stole the van does the right thing and either let the dogs go or put the van in a location that it would be found and will leave the dogs inside with the climate control set correctly!!!


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