Shelly Vermani says she’s been dwelling a worst nightmare ever since Alejandro, her 8-year-old Chihuahua was stolen from outdoors Whole Foods close to Fenway final weekend.
The seek for the tan-and-white-haired pooch continues, and Vermani is providing $2,500 to anybody who comes ahead and returns her “companion, child and everything.”
Vermani mentioned she’s matching a $2,500 award made by a neighborhood canine lover — PR guru George Regan — and the touring nurse hopes it will entice the thief to return ahead.
“That’s how much I want my dog back,” Vermani advised the Herald Wednesday night. “It’s not about money to me. I love the dog for him. I don’t want another dog. I want him back.”
“It really touched me because it has been the worst five days of my life,” Vermani mentioned of the neighborhood’s assist. “It felt good to know people are trying to give back. It gives me hope that if we give this person money, they will release the dog hopefully healthy.”
A tip that Vermani mentioned she acquired on Instagram knowledgeable her that “somebody suspicious” may need been seen strolling a canine that appeared just like Alejandro within the space of the Mary Ellen McCormack Housing complicated in South Boston round 1:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Vermani mentioned she acquired footage from the Boston Police Department later Wednesday that exhibits a person strolling with Alejandro round Mary Ellen McCormack on Saturday.
Footage that BPD beforehand launched from Saturday, round 11 a.m., exhibits somebody with Vermani’s canine within the space of Mass and Cass, a homeless encampment liable to heavy drug use.
A BPD spokesperson advised the Herald the investigation is ongoing and that Alejandro continues to be on the market, with out offering any areas the place he could also be.
The canine went lacking at about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, when Vermani mentioned she went to Whole Foods to select up tender meals for Alejandro, who underwent surgical procedure not too long ago. In the previous, she mentioned, she’d depart the pooch by himself in entrance of shops, with out incident.
“In the last year, I think the homeless problem and the drug problem have gotten a lot worse. I lived here last year and it was just not this bad,” Vermani mentioned. “I have lived in Seattle, even my friends would do that with their dogs. People never try to take animals. It’s a healthy animal, he doesn’t look like he’s in distress.”
Alejandro had been a relentless presence in Vermani’s life each day when not at work for the previous eight years. The Michigan native introduced him to Seattle for a earlier nursing task.
“Everyone who knows him is in complete distress; can’t eat, can’t sleep,” Vermani mentioned. “Whomever this person is, this is not just about Jandro, it’s about the people who love him, too.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”