Yesterday, there was a dog stolen from Urbana’s dog park. I found this while out at the dog park today…and needless to say, it sounds like there’s someone in town who might be involved in dog fighting. Please help this owner find her dog, Yumi.
Taken from a Craigslist.com post:
Date: 2009-12-16, 10:56PM CST
Reply to: comm-kjrcp-1513834116@craigslist.org
If you could take a few minutes to read this and see if you can help, I’d be eternally grateful. I took my dog Yumi to the Urbana Dog Park today. We were by ourselves and near the east-side fence. A man entered, with a white, American Bulldog/Pit Bull mix on a leash (I’ve never seen them before). Yumi ran at full speed towards them, naturally, to play and say hello. The guy ended up grabbing her, and took her into a dark green car which had his accomplice in the driver’s seat. Yumi had tried to get out of his grasp, and lost her collar but the guy had successfully managed to steal her. I was running and yelling, trying to get to them. It all happened so fast but they got away (turned right on Perkins Road, but don’t know where they went after that). My cell phone hasn’t been working so I wasn’t able to call anyone right away. I reported this to the police. I want EVERYONE to be careful about their dogs. I had my eye on my dog but that just wasn’t enough.
PLEASE if you know of anyone driving a dark green car (Honda, perhaps, I couldn’t read the plate number though) that may be lurking around the dog parks, contact me and the local police department. I can’t describe the person driving the car, but the one who took my dog was a tall, white male probably in his late twenties. He was wearing a black hoodie and jeans (couldn’t see his hair type/color). Pretty non-descript, but that’s all I know.
If you know ANY information that would lead to either finding out who these creeps are, or where Yumi is, like I said contact me and the police. Here is Yumi’s description, in case you see her if she manages to escape or is dumped: 1.5-2 years old, dark chocolate and white pit bull, with a pink and black nose, spayed female, weighs 50 lbs (she’s small and compact…looks like a big puppy), very friendly but can be scared of loud noises/strange things, knows many commands (so she should come if you spot her and call her…her name is pronounced “Yoo-mee”). A couple pictures of her are attached. I just want her back safe and sound. THANKS!
THERE IS A MONETARY REWARD FOR HER RETURN OR FOR ANY INFO THAT LEADS TO HER RETURN!!
If you know ANY information that would lead to either finding out who these creeps are, or where Yumi is, like I said contact me and the police. Here is Yumi’s description, in case you see her if she manages to escape or is dumped: 1.5-2 years old, dark chocolate and white pit bull, with a pink and black nose, spayed female, weighs 50 lbs (she’s small and compact…looks like a big puppy), very friendly but can be scared of loud noises/strange things, knows many commands (so she should come if you spot her and call her…her name is pronounced “Yoo-mee”). A couple pictures of her are attached. I just want her back safe and sound. THANKS!