As the educational director here at stoptheftclass.com I am always interested to hear about theft statistics around the world. Here are some interesting facts about animal theft in the United Kingdom.

Animal theft stats in the United Kingdom are quite shocking! As reported in 6000.co.za.

More than 110 animals, including fish, horses, birds and dogs, were stolen in Surrey, England last year. In Surrey, the reported thefts included one sheep, nine fish, 23 birds, 16 horses and 32 dogs. Dude, it doesn’t get any worse than stealing man’s best friend!

To put this in perspective, 118 animal thefts adds up to around one every three days . I am not sure how that compares, but I do know that one of my neighbors recently had their two dogs stolen. These were not special breeds of dogs, but mutts found at the local animal shelter.

Here are some other figures for animal theft in the UK. On the low-end the City of London reported only one dog theft, while Edinburgh, Scotland had 30,593 animal thefts.

For those of you who have had an animal stolen, you know how heart-breaking it can be. I would like to see mandatory anti-theft classes to reduce theft and the mindset of theft. Stealing is bad karma!