Pet theft concerns: Should punishments be tougher?

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With over 30,000 dogs stolen last year, we ask locals if they worry about pet theft and whether penalties for stealing animals should be made harsher.

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00:00Oh yeah, hell yeah, I'm a massive animal man, love my dogs, always have done.

00:08But it's one of those things, if people can find a way of making money they will.

00:15And stealing pets, cats, dogs, it's a money making business at the end of the day.

00:21It should be, but the thing is with crime now, they've got nowhere to, it's not a major

00:27crime as is, you know, the shops now, unless there's violence with a certain amount of

00:35money, the police don't turn up.

00:37I say to them, claim it off the insurance, because they're short of police and these

00:42people know that they're short.

00:44So obviously certain breeds are targeted specifically, and it is a constant worry, you're having

00:49to kind of keep your eyes open all of the time, wherever you are, walking around.

00:53It's not safe just to sometimes walk around the street if you think somebody can pull

00:56up and take your dog, so you have to be very careful.

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