Please forward this and print the picture if you can. Charmin, a pit-bull terrier mix, already had a tough life as far as we could tell. Scared, skinny, and dirty I never got a chance to give him a bath before the unthinkable happened to him last Friday. Charmin, a lovable and goofy dog that was always so excited to take a walk, was STOLEN from the shelter by a would-be adoption candidate. The man asked to walk another pit-bull terrier, but was turned down because he had a five-year-old child in tow. "This dog isn't good with children." Although that man fussed that didn't matter (red flag) he then asked to walk Charmin. "Charmin is good with everyone."
Walking Charmin to the end of the long driveway for Halfway Home Pet Adoptions, and no one had noticed the woman he was with took the child, loaded her into their car, drove down the driveway and picked up the man and Charmin.
We absolutely fear the worst. 1) if this was Charmin's original owner who was avoiding paying the fees and fines, he would take Charmin back to the desperate conditions he would already have come from. 2) More likely this man was looking for a bait dog or a fighting dog; given Charmin's disposition we suspect he'll be used as bait to train or entice other fighting dogs in the illegal and inhumane act of dog-fighting.
I found out Charmin's disappearance on Friday was never even reported to the police as a theft because of a technicality. Unfortunately, none of the volunteers sharing this story believe the police would have been too interested because of the slim chance anything can be done. But I'm trying to do this much.
The shelter hasn't pulled Charmin's photo down yet, so please forward the link to others. I KNOW this is a longshot, but if anyone found Charmin the odds would be worth it!
http://halfwayhomepets.com/pet-details/?id=17260465
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