Search for stolen Fifi
The family of a much loved dog stolen from the oasthouse garden in Collier Street have vowed to continue their search.
Five-year-old female golden cocker spaniel Fifi was taken from Haviker Street at about 1.25pm on Sunday, January 22.
Devastated owner Kate Kershaw-Smith, 34, has received hundreds of calls, including a number of hoaxes. Last month the family went to Northamptonshire in hope but it a false alarm.
Fifi, who is infertile, was wearing a red collar with her name on it. She is microchipped. The family have offered a £1,000 reward.
Mrs Kershaw-Smith, said: “I do feel we will get her back one day. I don’t think we will get her any time soon but it will be one day. If her microchip hasn’t been removed there is still hope.”
Contact Kent Police on 01622 604100 quoting YY/1891/17, or Kent Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 5551 An investigation has been launched after a dog was discovered abandoned by the side of the road “like rubbish” with its claws pulled off.
The year old spaniel was found dumped in a bush and covered in wounds by the A20 in Harrietsham last Tuesday.
The kind-hearted member of the public who found Flick, as she is now called, took her to a nearby vet who alerted the RSPCA.
A spokesman said: “She had no form of identification and isn’t microchipped so we’re unsure as to where she’s come from.
“She has a docked tail and some really nasty wounds on her feet and her legs. Vets believe she has had her claws forcibly and traumatically removed, while her legs are covered in pressure sores and urine scald.”
Declawing is illegal in England, under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Owners are only entitled to dock the tails of dogs who are certified working dogs under five-days-old or for medi-