Bundaberg, Queensland: Shocking moment masked dog napper steals a puppy from a backyard just days after it was brought home
The shocking moment a masked thief stole a puppy from the backyard of a suburban home has been captured on a security camera.
The man broke through the gate of the family home in Bargara, near central Bundaberg Queensland Tuesday around 10 a.m. and stole the little pug named Willow.
The brutal act was captured on video and showed the man dressed in all black clothing running through the backyard.
He is heard calling for Willow as the dog runs through the backyard in an attempt to avoid the thief.
In the vision, Willow is seen running behind a large trampoline, but the man soon picks up the eight-week-old pug and leaves.
A small pug was stolen by two thieves (pictured) from a family home in Bargara, near Bundaberg in central Queensland, in broad daylight on Tuesday morning.
The camera also captured another person wearing a black hoodie running from a property next to the house.
Mother-of-six Jamie-Lee, the dog’s owner, said they only bought the dog from the seller last Sunday.
“We just got him two days ago and he was a puppy for my kids,” she said 7 News.
Ms Lee claims the company that sold the pug to her demanded they return the dog just days later.
“(They said) if we didn’t give the dog back, they would steal it [and] 48 hours later, that’s exactly what they did,” she said.
Ms Lee claims the two thieves returned to the property again on Wednesday morning.
The security camera captured a car driving past the home several times just after midnight.
Ms Lee said she fears the thieves will come back for another dog the family owns.
The family had bought Willow (pictured) just two days before the thieves stole the dog from their backyard
She said the incident has left her children devastated.
“We paid for this dog, we own this dog, it’s our puppy,” she said.
A Queensland Police spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia police are investigating the incident.
Ms Lee is appealing to anyone living in the area who is aware of someone trying to sell a pug with one brown eye and one blue eye to contact police.
