Is dog-napping the latest craze/moral panic?

[Lencoboy]

I agree with Whisper - calling it a bandwagon or craze is pretty insulting to those of us who care about our pets. I've been keeping quiet because I'm not in the best mental state right now, but it seems like quite a dismissive way to refer to a particularly distressing crime.

As well as having my own cats, I've rescued a few who've been found wandering around my workplace and returned them to their owners. In some cases they were missing for weeks, and the owners' relief has always been very real.

I didn't mean to cause any offence to anyone by the way I worded the title this thread, but I sincerely apologise to those who I have unwittingly upset.

Please remember that I am extremely anxious about this current situation myself.

[Lencoboy]

Unlike parts of a car (or whatever) pets are actual living creatures. Just like having a child kidnapped.

Hopefully there won't be a sudden explosion in 'child-napping' next.

Or 'car-jacking'.

[Noivous]

Hopefully there won't be a sudden explosion in 'child-napping' next.

Or 'car-jacking'.

That's already happened Lenso. And it's tragic.

[Lencoboy]

That's already happened Lenso. And it's tragic.

Do you mean right now or historically?

[whispershadow]

If a child or pet gets taken, unlike a inanimate object which can be replaced, there is always the thought of "is child or pet still alive" :(

[MyNameIsTerry]

I always hope the poor pets at least go to a loving home, Whisper.

Lenco, I doubt there will be a child abduction craze. A craze being more the crowd following some new fashion of the celebs.

[Pamplemousse]

I always hope the poor pets at least go to a loving home, Whisper.

Lenco, I doubt there will be a child abduction craze. A craze being more the crowd following some new fashion of the celebs.

What, you mean like clipping the ears of dogs?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-56302403

[MyNameIsTerry]

What, you mean like clipping the ears of dogs?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-56302403

An abhorrent practice. One of the Banjo brothers recently used one of these celeb style importers.

It's stupid to ban it and then allow importation. These companies will get to appear to be charities, so not all will be stopped, but at least we should be checking the companies out before allowing importation.

[BlueIris]

It's completely obscene. I have zero respect for anyone who wants a dog mutilated like that.

[MyNameIsTerry]

It's just like how they breed animals to look a certain way. I remember seeing one poor dog in terrible distress in a BBC report. He had been bred to look cute but his skull was too small for his brain. It was truly an awful thing to see. This dog just kept trying to constantly scratch the pain in his head.