Despicable dog-snatchers were caught on camera dragging a beloved family pet by the scruff of his neck from his owner’s back garden in West Yorkshire before bundling him in the back of a van and driving off.
Anxious owner Andy Brown captured the canine crime on CCTV and had released the footage as part of an appeal to track down nine-year-old Charlie, the missing miniature Schnauzer.
Andy said he let Charlie into the back garden at about 8.15pm on Wednesday, September 2, but when he opened the door to let him back in 45 minutes later, the dog had gone.
VIDEO: CCTV footage shows family pet dragged from its home