Re: Lost/Stolen Lab
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:57 am
Looks like a lot of dogs are coming up missing out that way 
Searching for Jake
Owner wants missing dog back
Justin Fritscher • jfritscher@jackson.gannett.com • April 27, 2010
The Dilmores' hound dog roams their six acres along Johns-Shiloh Road each morning.
Tony Dilmore tinkers around outside, and Jake howls through the pines surrounding the east Rankin County home.
But in late March, Jake never returned from his morning excursion.
"We were here, and I was like, 'I don't hear Jake,' " Mary Dilmore said. "We started yelling for him. We went up and down the road - no Jake. We called all of the neighbors - no Jake."
Tony and Mary Dilmore say they aren't sure what happened. But they believe their 3-year-old hound dog was taken.
Elizabeth Jackson, director of a nearby animal shelter, said she has received lots of calls about missing dogs, even from fenced in yards.
"What concerns me is someone might be selling them for medical research or extra money or for dogfighting rings," said Jackson, who heads the Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi.
Jackson said she has fielded reports of about 40 dogs missing from homes along Mississippi 43 alone.
The Rankin County Sheriff's Office hasn't had any reports of stolen dogs in the past month, Sheriff Ronnie Pennington said.
"Dogs could have been taken, and we might not know about it," Pennington said.
If a pet is believed to be stolen, injured or killed by a person, owners are urged to call the sheriff's office, Pennington said. If they are believed to be lost, owners should call the county's animal control.
The Dilmores and Jackson are among those looking for answers.
Although Jackson said she has no proof, she said the volume of reported missing dogs is definitely strange - and worrisome.
"I've heard the rumors," Jackson said of the calls her shelter off Holly Bush Road receives. "I'm getting a little nervous about it."
A large wooden sign sits at the foot of the Dilmores' driveway with Jake's picture. The Dilmores live nearly in a sea of green, sharing an expanse of forest with few neighbors.
"We let him out that morning," Tony Dilmore said. "Whatever happened transpired very quickly. He headed down the driveway like he always does, and then about noon, we realized we hadn't heard Jake."
The Dilmores canvassed the rural roads and stuck signs in mailboxes.
Mary Dilmore combs different pet-finder websites and calls shelters and dog pounds every other day - still no Jake.
She has even read up on dog-napping, finding articles that say captured dogs are used as bait in the dogfighting business and as research for medical tests.
"He's a scent dog, how far does a scent dog go before he can't find his way home," Tony Dilmore said.
Searching for Jake
Owner wants missing dog back
Justin Fritscher • jfritscher@jackson.gannett.com • April 27, 2010
The Dilmores' hound dog roams their six acres along Johns-Shiloh Road each morning.
Tony Dilmore tinkers around outside, and Jake howls through the pines surrounding the east Rankin County home.
But in late March, Jake never returned from his morning excursion.
"We were here, and I was like, 'I don't hear Jake,' " Mary Dilmore said. "We started yelling for him. We went up and down the road - no Jake. We called all of the neighbors - no Jake."
Tony and Mary Dilmore say they aren't sure what happened. But they believe their 3-year-old hound dog was taken.
Elizabeth Jackson, director of a nearby animal shelter, said she has received lots of calls about missing dogs, even from fenced in yards.
"What concerns me is someone might be selling them for medical research or extra money or for dogfighting rings," said Jackson, who heads the Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi.
Jackson said she has fielded reports of about 40 dogs missing from homes along Mississippi 43 alone.
The Rankin County Sheriff's Office hasn't had any reports of stolen dogs in the past month, Sheriff Ronnie Pennington said.
"Dogs could have been taken, and we might not know about it," Pennington said.
If a pet is believed to be stolen, injured or killed by a person, owners are urged to call the sheriff's office, Pennington said. If they are believed to be lost, owners should call the county's animal control.
The Dilmores and Jackson are among those looking for answers.
Although Jackson said she has no proof, she said the volume of reported missing dogs is definitely strange - and worrisome.
"I've heard the rumors," Jackson said of the calls her shelter off Holly Bush Road receives. "I'm getting a little nervous about it."
A large wooden sign sits at the foot of the Dilmores' driveway with Jake's picture. The Dilmores live nearly in a sea of green, sharing an expanse of forest with few neighbors.
"We let him out that morning," Tony Dilmore said. "Whatever happened transpired very quickly. He headed down the driveway like he always does, and then about noon, we realized we hadn't heard Jake."
The Dilmores canvassed the rural roads and stuck signs in mailboxes.
Mary Dilmore combs different pet-finder websites and calls shelters and dog pounds every other day - still no Jake.
She has even read up on dog-napping, finding articles that say captured dogs are used as bait in the dogfighting business and as research for medical tests.
"He's a scent dog, how far does a scent dog go before he can't find his way home," Tony Dilmore said.