A three-week-old pug has been
snatched in a violent burglary at a Nottingham home after it was advertised for
sale. Alfie's owner Terry Hayes, who is terminally ill with emphysema, was knocked
to the ground during the raid in Beechdale. Police believe the raid on Wednesday was a "one off" but urged people selling
pedigree dogs to be cautious.
Mr Hayes' wife Gina said the puppy, which was still being weaned, could
die
soon if it is not found. The family had placed an online advertisement
for a litter of puppies and Mrs
Hayes received a text from a woman who wanted to view them. She answered
her door in Fremount Drive to a woman and a man on Wednesday
evening.
The man, wearing a balaclava, then "burst in"
and tried to put Alfie's mother
Pebbles in a black holdall. Mr Hayes, 57 tried to hit the burglar
with his walking stick, Mrs
Hayes said, but he was pushed to the floor and was later taken to
hospital. While Mrs Hayes tried to help her husband, the burglar put
Alfie in the bag
and fled.
Son Tony said the family were "absolutely devastated". Mrs Hayes said:
"Puppies depend on their mum until they're five or six weeks
old. If these people don't know what they are doing, the puppy will die
soon." Det Sgt Mike Ebbins, of Nottinghamshire Police, said that
pedigree breeds,
especially pugs, fetch 'quite a sum'. "At the moment locally this seems
to be a one-off," he said.
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