Dog-napping vet, 29, steals £2,000 pedigree French Bulldog puppy

Tuesday 28th May 2019 12:00 EDT
 

A Merseyside vet snatched the expensive breed after making a joke to colleagues that she would do so, only for her to be rumbled and suspended for six months.

Dr Zahra Rafiq, 29, was found to be 'dishonest' at a tribunal in London but will be able to return to work, to the bulldog owner's dismay. 

The stolen pup - worth up to £2000 - perished in Rafiq's home, which she admitted three days after saying it faded in her car. 

VetsNow emergency surgery chain, which has 60 branches, fired Rafiq but she will be able to continue practicing as a vet after the independent committee concluded Dr Rafiq was not motivated by financial gain and was 'very unlikely to pose a risk to animals in future.'

However, the company vowed that both Rafiq and the animal care assistant who took the second pup will never work for them again. A spokesperson also said that the surgeon who worked alongside Rafiq and who failed to account for the amount of pups born, will also never be employed by them again.


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