A community of dog enthusiasts in Portland has been hailed after they tracked down a stolen van containing 12 dogs.

 

The van was stolen on Tuesday as Sunni Liston, the owner of the Coopers Dogpatch dog daycare business, unloaded a client’s dog. Liston told the Washington Post she saw a man slip into the front seat of the van and speed away – she had left the keys in the ignition – as she handled the dog. 

 The thief had made away not only with the van, but also the phone, purse and the 12 dogs it contained. “I was pretty panicked,” Liston, 60, said in an interview with the Post on Wednesday.

 Liston told the newspaper she suspected the man had intentionally stolen a van containing 12 dogs – including her own personal dog, Howard.

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