Jeni Mery was left devastated when she discovered a litter of four-week-old cavoodles had been stolen from her home last week.
Thieves had used a crowbar to break into her house in Elanora, Australia, and removed the puppies from the living room, leading to Jeni posting a heartbreaking plea for help on Facebook.
She wrote: "PUPPIES IN EXTREME DANGER. PLEASE HELP ME. On Friday night sometime before midnight 4 very young puppies were stolen from me on the Goldcoast. "They will not survive without their mother.
Please help me find and retrieve her precious puppies." The story was widely shared through the 'Missing and Stolen Pets Australia' Facebook page, and an anonymous tip was passed on to investigators who were able to locate and rescue
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