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| Rufus, the missing Border Collie |
ANIMAL Search UK has produced the first ever Crimewatch style reconstruction for pets - in a bid to wrap-up a dog napping case.
The leading pet search outfit shot the crime show inspired vid to help trace two-year-old pooch Rufus.
Tom Watkins, Animal Search UK founder and former police officer, said of the film idea: “As far as we know it's the first time this method has ever been used to track down a stolen pet.”
Rufus bolted from the Webber family home in September 2010 after giving chase to a cat.
A witness saw him collide with a car before being swept up by a couple in a blue saloon who said they were going to call his owners.
However the Webber's hopes where dashed when the mysterious couple called to tell them Rufus had jumped from a car window and vanished.
It was at that point the couple decided to contact Tom Watkins who hit upon the bizarre reconstruction idea using a look-alike dog.
Sadly to date, the two-year-old Border Collie has yet to be found.
VIDEO: See the YouTube appeal for Rufus here