Maddening surveillance video from a California pet store showed a group of dog kidnappers grabbing a dozen French bulldog puppies valued at $100,000 and cruelly throwing them into their getaway van.
The brazen robbery occurred at Top Dog Pet Store in the 2500 block of Rosecrans Avenue in Gardena around 1 a.m. Tuesday.
Security footage from the business captured a large white Chevrolet pickup truck pulling up to the store and letting four masked robbers out, station KTLA reported.
The thugs broke into the pet store, set off the alarm and disturbed the dogs sleeping inside, who began barking wildly.
Ignoring the noise, the bandits methodically grabbed several large cages housing expensive French bulldog puppies, including a show dog named “Roll X,” and carried them outside to the van.
Some of the suspects were then seen on video roughly grabbing the small dogs by the neck and throwing them into the back of the vehicle.
Twelve French bulldog puppies were stolen from a California pet store, where a surveillance camera captured the thieves cruelly dumping the animals into their van. KTLA The $100,000 puppy theft took place Tuesday at the Top Dog pet store in Gardena, California. KTLA The stolen puppies They were all purebred and intended for breeding. Instagram/@gardena_topdogpetstore
“They literally grabbed them and threw them in the truck like they were stuffed animals,” said Andrés Ávalos, the owner of the looted store. “It is awful.”
The robbery lasted only a few minutes from start to finish, Avalos said.
The dog kidnappers got away with 12 purebred canines intended for breeding, along with $2,000 stolen from the store’s cash register.
The robbers arrived in a large white Chevy truck and parked outside the closed store. KTLA The masked bandits broke in and left the dogs alone overnight. KTLA The culprits grabbed large cages that housed the French and took them outside. KTLA
“It’s a big financial loss,” Avalos said. “The dogs were [worth] over $100,000… now that the dogs are gone, it will be harder to get it.”
Avalos said he was concerned for the puppies’ well-being and was offering a sizeable reward for information leading to the safe return of the Frenchies, no questions asked.
“We love our animals,” he said. “It’s just frustrating knowing that they’re out there and we can’t do anything about it.”
Gardena police said they were investigating the robbery.
In recent years there have been a series of thefts across the United States targeting French bulldogs, which cost between $3,000 and $9,000 each and can be sold for substantial profits on the black market.
The dogs were roughly thrown into the back of the getaway van and taken away. The owner of the KTLA store, Andrés Ávalos, said he was offering a reward for the safe return of the puppies.KTLA
The most notorious robbery of this type occurred in February 2021, when Lady Gaga’s two Frenchmen, Koji and Gustav, were kidnapped by armed criminals who shot and seriously injured their dog walker in Los Angeles.
The Grammy winner’s beloved pets were safely recovered two days later, and the culprits were subsequently arrested and brought to justice; The perpetrator of the armed robbery received a 21-year prison sentence for attempted murder.
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