DOGNAPPED
Watch the shocking moment a man kidnaps a dog from its owner and runs off down street
Facebook poster condemns footage as showing 'a world gone mad' while others say the person who filmed it should have helped to track down the dognapper
THIS shocking video footage shows a dog being KIDNAPPED right under the nose of a person assumed to be its owner.
Filmed on a phone camera from a property opposite the scene, the clip appears to show a man standing alongside a dog and its presumed owner who are on the floor.
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After a few moments the perpetrator - wearing a red top - picks up the dog and starts to run down the street as the other person scrambles to their feet.
The owner can be heard screaming, "please don't go" and "please, somebody please" while the man runs off down the street holding the dog.
The footage was handed into local community and music Facebook site, Leeds Born and Bred which posts incidents that have been caught on camera or information about events happening around the West Yorkshire city.
The video, which has been viewed more than 9,000 times, has garnered a number of comments from people furious at what they saw with one Facebook user saying it had made their "blood boil".
Another commenter posted: "Can't understand why somebody didn't stop him or the owner chase him - I would fight for my dog."
The incident happened in the Roundhay Road area of the city on Bank Holiday Monday and manager of the Leeds Born and Bred site, who didn't want to be named, described the incident as a "world gone mad".
He said: "In my view it's very sad and distressing that someone could just walk up to somebody minding their own business and run away with their pet dog.
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"It clearly shows the way people are acting - I don't think this would have happened years ago.
"The world has gone mad."
Westley Pearson from Animal Friends Pet Insurance, said: "Claims information suggests an increase of claims for lost pets over the past 12 months and whilst the cause of the loss is not always known, it is likely that many of these pets were indeed stolen.
"With the value of certain breeds on the increase it seems criminals are finding our pets as easy pickings and this should be a warning to all pet owners to be extra vigilant."
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