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Grief-stricken homeless man seeks public’s help after his dog stolen

Carl McDonald may be homeless, but his dog Scooby is his family and his life-saver in more ways than one. But now someone has stolen his 4-year-old Australian Kelpie away from him. Just before Christmas, the dog he calls “his daughter” was stolen while he slept.

Carl was sleeping on the streets of Oxford, England, on the porch of St. Gile’s Church in the city centre and when he woke to find her gone. The Australian Kelpie was last seen lying next to him. Carl said he was sure Scooby was stolen because the lead which hadn’t been attached to her collar was also gone, as well as some dog treats and £38 which had been in his hat. Now that she’s gone he said he doesn’t know what to do. 

He told the Oxford Mail, “Dogs are everything when you are homeless. They keep you going and listen to you when you have no one to talk to.” He added, “I can’t sleep without her, it’s messing me up to be honest. It feels like someone has stolen my kid. I don’t know what I might do to myself really, I can’t live without her. She was like my daughter.”

A homeless man’s beloved dog was stolenCarl has had Scooby since she was just 4-weeks-old when a friend gave her to him. He bottle-fed her as a puppy. Carl, 43 said he owes his life to Scooby after she saved him from a fire in an apartment last year. He recounts how last year she saved his life when an apartment he was staying at caught on fire. “Someone had left a candle on and the flat caught fire. She woke me up and dragged me to the door. I didn’t know where it was because of all the smoke.”

He has a friend, Mandy Aitbaha, who is helping him search for Scooby by putting up posters.

Mandy always stops to chat to Carl and say hello to Scooby while she shops. She’s noticed the effect Scooby’s theft has had on Carl. “I’m really worried about him, he’s depressed and without that dog he is suicidal. I always see them together, he loves that dog.”

She said, “When I saw him a few days ago after Scooby went missing his head was down and he was crying. I couldn’t see Scooby so I knew something was wrong. He has been dealt a rough hand of cards as it is. His words to me were that he is staring death in the face so we really have to find her.”

Volunteers for Dog Lost, a national website which tries to track down missing dogs, has been helping with the search for Scooby.

Thames Valley Police spokesman Rhianne Pope confirmed Scooby was reported missing on December 19 and had not yet been found. She said Scooby’s disappearance was being treated as a theft. 

The Australian Kelpie which is primarily brown with a white blaze across her chest and was taken from Carl on December 19, 2012 from the St. Gile’s Church at 10 Woodstock Rd. If you have any information on Scooby’s disappearance contact Dog Lost or Thames Valley Police.

Please reblog here, post to facebook (by clicking on photo) and anywhere else you think can make a difference ;) 

another photo of scooby

If any of our followers from around that area know anything or have their suspicions, please give your local police a call. Even if you’re not 100% sure, I’d bet Carl would be grateful you tried

(via amummy)

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Younis who is a shy, quiet person who has been missing since 11/02/2012 from the Ballinger area (North Seattle). His family and friends are very concerned for him. Any help would be very much appreciate it. If you’ve heard or seen anything, it doesn’t matter how small the detail might be please notify us. It would be extremely helpful if you take your time and reblog this photo, so everyone gets a chance to see it. Thank you!

Please boost. He is such a good person. If you live in the Seattle area, please keep your eyes open.

This guy is pretty nice tbh and had him in a few classes. Just scary that out of all the people to go missing, its one of the quietest people I’ve known.. 

Reblog please! 

THIS IS HIM GUYS. Please please please reblog this. This is best friend’s younger brother and I’d do anything to get him home. Please, help us find him and bring him home safe.

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