Dogs stolen for fighting Troy, AL (US) Incident Date: Friday, Jan 5, 2007 County: Pike Local Map: available Disposition: Open Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help! Case Updates: 1 update(s) available

Case ID: 10570 Classification: Fighting, Theft Animal: dog (pit-bull) View more cases in AL (US) Reward: $2,500 Login to Watch this Case

A couple is seeking information on five pit bulls taken this week from their home in Troy, and they hope the dogs are not being used for fighting.

Michael and Gail Moore, who own five pit bulls, first discovered one of their dogs missing on the morning of Jan. 5.

According to the Moores, Nasty, a 2-year-old buckskin pit bull, was leashed by a thick logging chain the previous night.

�Someone must have come by during the night and taken him,� Gail Moore said.

Three days later, the remaining dogs turned up missing as well.

�I had fed the dogs that morning,� said Michael Moore.

�They came back on Monday and took the rest of them, including the log chain Nasty was leashed to,� he said.

The missing dogs include a buckskin male with a black nose that responds to Nasty, a red-nosed male with green eyes that is deaf, a buckskin with a red nose and green eyes that responds to Chewy, and a blue-gray pit bull that responds to Rosie.

Also included is a pregnant red-nosed female that responds to the name Tater.

According to Gail Moore, Tater's puppies are due any day.

The dogs apparently were kept behind a chain-link fence that is highly visible to highway traffic.

�We live right off Highway 29 at 2358 North Three Notch Street right next to Gardner Bassett Road,� Gail Moore said. �We're hoping that someone might have a description of a vehicle or someone who was there on Monday.�

According to Gail Moore, the dogs might have been easy to pick up since they aren't very aggressive.

�They are really nice,� Gail Moore said. �We don't fight our dogs.�

�We just hope whoever took them isn't trying to fight them.�

The Troy Police Department is investigating the case.

�We don't have any information on the dogs right now,� said Sgt. Benny Scarborough, a spokesman for the Police Department. �I've never heard of five dogs being taken at once.�

According to federal law, dog fighting has been made illegal in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Many groups, including the Humane Society and the Defense of Animals, offer rewards as high as $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person organizing, officiating, participating or promoting dogfighting.

It is believed that there is no dogfighting taking place in Pike County.

�That's not something that I've been made aware of or heard about,� Scarborough said. �But that doesn't mean it might not be happening.�

�We hope to find the dogs and return them to their rightful owner, and we also want to hold those who may have stolen the dogs accountable.�

Gail Moore said there would be a reward for information leading to the recovery of the dogs.

�We'll keep anyone who comes forward anonymous,� Gail Moore said. �They're a part of our family, and we just want our babies home.�

Anyone who might have information regarding the missing dogs should contact Gail Moore at (334) 674-1110 or Michael Moore at (334) 850-3544.

Callers may also contact the animal division at the Troy Police Department by calling (334) 566-0500.

Any further information regarding the abuse of animals may be directed to the Humane Society of Montgomery County at (334) 409-0622.

If you have information on this case, please contact:
Humane Society of Montgomery County
(334) 409-0622

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	Troy Messenger - Jan 14, 2007
	WTVY - Jan 14, 2007

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