Sam Duncan says his household is hurting after armed police got here to take Ziggy – AKA Tui – away. Photograph / Provided
The proprietor of the canine on the centre of a long-running possession row is with out his pet once more after the animal went lacking within the early hours of Boxing Day – and he believes she was stolen in a focused raid.
The North Shore man, who the Herald has agreed to not title, has had the German shorthaired pointer – who he calls Tui – again in his care since late November after she spent 6 years with one other household.
That household – who named the canine Ziggy – had the animal taken from them by armed police earlier that month after it was revealed that she had been stolen when she was puppy.
Sam Duncan explained to the Herald that he had purchased the animal from an acquaintance after seeing she was in poor condition and after his then 6-year-old daughter bonded together with her.
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Now she was lacking once more.
‘Someone was waiting’
The unique proprietor informed the Herald that he was woken about 3am on Boxing Day by Tui and his different canine barking, so he went to test on the animals, who sleep in a storage area beneath the home.
He sat with Tui for some time earlier than deciding to let her upstairs for the remainder of the evening, heading inside whereas he allowed her to alleviate herself on the garden.
He stated Tui usually slept in an armchair tied up with a lead and would often go straight inside when she was unclipped.
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“The door was open, it never got into the house, someone was waiting for it and gone,” he stated.
He hoped that the canine had wandered off and would return, however says he knew she hadn’t and believed that he may need been attacked if he had led her inside.
“It was gone, that’s it, it was gone. If I had took her on the lead I might have got a bloody good hiding,” he informed the Herald.
The person thought he heard one thing shifting throughout the highway from his home when he first went to test on the dogs however couldn’t see any uncommon autos.
He stated Tui had settled in properly at his home in Auckland and had enjoyed trips down to his rural property in Turangiincluding that dropping her had positioned a pressure on his thoughts.
He had a easy message for whoever took Tui: “Give the dog back. It’s not yours.”
Police have since visited the person’s home to take fingerprints and informed the Herald that enquiries right into a reported theft are ongoing.
Anybody with info is requested to contact police on 105 quoting file quantity 221226/1616.
Lacking his ‘shadow’
Sam Duncan, who beforehand informed the Herald that the animal was like his “shadow”, expressed shock that she had been taken and stated he had been “in the process of trying to bring her home”.
The household informed the Herald final 12 months that these in authority ought to present extra humanity within the case, saying they have been contemplating authorized motion and believed the canine ought to stay with them due to the bond they constructed.
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The Herald put the household’s case to the unique proprietor, who stated he would solely take into account giving up the canine if she proved to be unsuitable for duck searching however thought she could be “fantastic” as a result of she was now in her “prime”.
However the household stated they have been decided to discover a resolution that noticed the canine return to them and expressed frustration that the legislation was not on their facet, telling the Herald: “Just because something is legal, that doesn’t make it just”.
