Fears beloved Ella a victim of dog-napper

A suspected dog-napping has left Palmerston North vet Katie Shore without her beloved black labrador.

A nine-month-old pure-bred, Ella went missing from Ms Shore's fully fenced Highbury property between 11pm Sunday and 5.30am Monday. Why would you leave your dog outside ?? Would you leave $500 just lying around ?

As the gate was closed and "he's not a wanderer," Ms Shore is convinced the dog has been taken. Depending on his age, if he did wander, as dog do, he'll come back. And also depends if he knows his neighbourhood, or was allowed to.

She says the dog would be no use fighting or as a guard dog and the only reason for her theft could be for sale. MORE>>

Why was this story in the paper? I mean, there are hundreds of dogs that go missing... we don't all report them to the paper. What? because you suspect he was dog-napped?