Talk:Dog theft

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Did you know... that the first recorded case of dognapping in Britain was that of a racing Greyhound named Hi Joe in 1965?

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Tracking via satellite

The article cites "Dogs can be fitted with a micro-chip that tracks them via satellite.". This sounds patently absurd. Satellite-tracking devices require a GPS receiver and a beacon of some sort (often GSM), the smallest possible package you could fit this into would be too large to act as an implant, the best you can do is on a collar, but that can be disposed of easily enough. Can we have more facts here, ktnxplz W3bbo 23:38, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Occurs whilst walking

"Usually, the dognapping occurs during walking time, and in the dark"

Even the external links show this to be quite wrong, it seems the most likely place if from an unsecured yard.

Johntranter (talk) 04:25, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Methods

Moved to talk, compeltely uncited, see comment above. RJFJR (talk) 13:50, 18 June 2010 (UTC) Usually, the dognapping occurs during walking time, and in the dark^{[citation needed]}. Dognappers are known to pose as joggers and sneak around the person walking their dog. The dognapper then continues in grabbing the dog, and running off with it. This does not always occur, as some dognappers have been known to harm the owner, or kidnap the owner as well. Some dog nappers are armed and threaten to hurt the owner if the owner doesn't hand the dog over to the dognapper.^{[citation needed]}[reply]

By country

Moved to talk because only one country and only citation is a dead link. RJFJR (talk) 13:51, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

UK

Dognapping is one of the fastest growing crimes in the UK^[1]^{[dead link‍]} ^{[citation needed]}

References

^ www.bbc.co.uk^{[dead link‍]}

Ransom vs sale

If a dog is stolen and sold for profit would it still be called dognapping, at least colloquially? RJFJR (talk) 15:16, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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"Dognapping" term

This term reads as rather a twee and dated one, to me, is it really still the most commonly used way of referring to the crime? A greater number of recent news stories are just neutrally calling it "dog theft". --Lord Belbury (talk) 10:23, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] www.bbc.co.uk^{[dead link‍]}

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