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B.C. woman searching for stolen dog she says may have been taken by mistake

The person responsible may have believed terrier cross needed rescuing
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“Batman,” a six-year-old Yorkie/Chihuahua/Pomeranian cross, was taken from the Murrayville Square shopping plaza at Fraser Highway and 48th Avenue on Monday night, Dec. 11. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

Langley resident Johanna Vandyk thinks the person who stole her dog may have thought they were rescuing an abandoned puppy.

Vandyk had left Batman, her six-year-old Yorkie/Chihuahua/Pomeranian cross, tied up with his leash outside the Dollarama store in the Murrayville Square shopping plaza at Fraser Highway and 48th Avenue on Monday night, Dec. 11 while she went inside.

Batman, so named because he had facial marking like a Batman mask as a puppy, was fussing like he often does.

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