DAYTON--Thieves have targeted the Humane Society of Greater Dayton, stealing thousands of dollars of metal dog crates.
The Humane Society of Greater Dayton is known for saving the lives of homeless, abused and abandoned animals. In order to transport those animals, they use large metal crates, but this week, they are short on crates.
"Over a 3 night period, we've taken a pretty huge hit." Humane Society officer Sheila Marquis said.
Thieves have broken into their building on Nicholas Road 3 times, just this week and they've stolen at least 50 of the crates, most likely for scrap metal.
Officer Marquis said the crates are of little value to the thieves, but they are a great deal of value to the Humane Society.
"To them, it may look like a simple dog crate, but what they don't understand is we use them every single day."
Officer Marquis said the entire building is surrounded by barbed wire fencing, so the thieves really had to work hard to steal from them.
"They went through a great deal of trouble to get what they got. It took some time for them to do it."
Officer Marquis said the loss of the crates is about $2,000.
"We're a non-profit organization, so whatever we get, is very hard to come by, so it is disheartening when we come to work and we need those crates and we don't have them."
The Humane Society of Greater Dayton is known for saving the lives of homeless, abused and abandoned animals. In order to transport those animals, they use large metal crates, but this week, they are short on crates.
"Over a 3 night period, we've taken a pretty huge hit." Humane Society officer Sheila Marquis said.
Thieves have broken into their building on Nicholas Road 3 times, just this week and they've stolen at least 50 of the crates, most likely for scrap metal.
Officer Marquis said the crates are of little value to the thieves, but they are a great deal of value to the Humane Society.
"To them, it may look like a simple dog crate, but what they don't understand is we use them every single day."
Officer Marquis said the entire building is surrounded by barbed wire fencing, so the thieves really had to work hard to steal from them.
"They went through a great deal of trouble to get what they got. It took some time for them to do it."
Officer Marquis said the loss of the crates is about $2,000.
"We're a non-profit organization, so whatever we get, is very hard to come by, so it is disheartening when we come to work and we need those crates and we don't have them."
