Two-year-old Labrador-French mastiff cross, Leo, was within the yard of his Park Street house in Brunswick at roughly 4.15pm on July 30, when an unknown man approached the property.
“It’s just so awful,” his tearful proprietor Courtney Beaumont mentioned.
“It’s just sickening, It’s just so depressing to think we are in a community, society where this sort of thing happens.”
Senior Constable Jessie Coletti mentioned a person acquired out of a silver Toyota Kluger, unlatched the gate, walked the canine out into the automobile and drove away.
“There was definitely a possibility he was scoping out the property,” she mentioned.
“It is distressing for someone to lose their dog.”
No hint of Leo has been discovered since.
Police say the automobile the offender used has been recognized as having stolen quantity plates with registration TCD849.
Detectives noticed the automobile on CCTV parked exterior the property from round 3.30pm till the theft.
Anyone with data on Leo’s location ought to contact police or Crime Stoppers instantly.
Source: www.9news.com.au
