Dog missing after Yorkton SPCA break-in

A one-year-old shepherd cross named Koda remains missing after a break-in at the Yorkton SPCA.

A dog was stolen in an overnight break-in Tuesday at the Yorkton SPCA.

“We arrived to work at six in the morning to a pandemonium. All the dogs were running [free] and they were scared,” said Joan Gabriel, Yorkton SPCA’s manager.

An unidentified person broke in overnight to the SPCA’s building on 7th Avenue South in Yorkton. The intruder smashed the locks and freed the animals which were in SPCA’s care.

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“Our kennel cleaner was trying to get control of the situation and saw one of the dogs going through the fence, being pulled from the other side.”

A one-year old-shepherd mix named Koda went missing.

“He’s a friendly, happy guy, but he’s a little nervous around new people,” Gabriel said, describing the missing pup.

They notified the RCMP immediately.

“[The RCMP] came and looked at [the scene], gathered up the tools that were left behind, used to cut the fence and smash things.”

On Wednesday, Yorkton SPCA published surveillance footage of what appears to be the intruder, walking alongside the fence with Koda.

Gabriel said the Yorkton SPCA received tremendous amounts of support from the community and they hope Koda will be returned to their care as soon as possible.

“Nobody acquires an animal through ill-got gains. That’s not the way you go about it,” said the visibly upset Gabriel. “If you’re a good owner, you contact the shelter or the rescue that you want the animal from, and you make arrangements to come and see him.”