Good ending to this story after massive social media outrage in China. Good for them.
A blind masseur’s Labrador guide dog that had been stolen from him in Beijing, China, was returned to him with an apology note.
According to Chinese media outlets, on Tuesday the seven-year-old dog named Qiaoqiao was returned to her owner, Tian Fengbo. Around her neck, was a note sealed inside a plastic bag that read: “We are sorry. We send the dog back and beg your pardon. We have also been under great pressure these two days…” [After national social media outrage and TV news coverage].
Qiaoqiao was abducted from Tian on Feb. 22, and the dognapping was caught on tape by a roadside security camera, reported the South China Morning Post. The perpetrators have yet to be identified by authorities.
Tian and his family searched for the dog for two days to no avail and even put up a lost pet notice. When Qiaoqiao was finally reunited with her family, there were tears all around. The dog has been with Tian for five years and is his “eyes.” […]
Asked whether he would go after the gang that took Qiaoqiao, Tian told People’s Daily: “Honestly, they were kind to send the dog back. I care more about the welfare of animals, especially guide dogs, than about finding the perpetrators.”
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more and more some jurisdictions have made more severe the penalties for even attacking a Guide Dog during its work.
the cost to bring a dog to Guide standards is between $30,000 and $50,000.
the public should be made more aware of the value of these wonderful dogs.
just the threat of attack can ruin a dog from Guide work forever as just “distraction” is enough to spoil all the work and effort to make a dog a Guide.
if you have an aggressive dog in public…leash please!
in fact, leave it home!
and don’t be dognappin’ them either
Somehow I knew we could depend upon JohnnyCZ to step up and represent the guide dogs. Thank you for all you do for this industry, John.