It’s Mango!

If the court pleases, more evidence of how stupid and inhumane the world can sometimes be.

Rosenwald, Md. reports that a puppy was stolen—yep, stolen—from the Animal Resource Foundation, a shelter in Chester, located just across the Bay Bridge from Annapolis:

A young couple who strolled into the Animal Resource Foundation adoption center in Chester took him Tuesday in a performance worthy of an Oscar.

They played with several dogs, appearing gentle and kind. Typical dog lovers. Typical animal rescue visitors. “They were very friendly, very charming,” Patty Bowers, the center’s manager, told me.

She had to go off and get some food ready in the kitchen. She saw the couple playing with Mango and his siblings. She told them not to get too attached — Mango had already been adopted.

The couple laughed.

Suddenly, the woman went outside to get the car, leaving the man inside playing with Mango.

“I guess she’s ready to go,” Bowers said to the man.

He laughed, then left, apparently with the puppy hidden on him.

It’s one thing to steal a puppy. But to steal a puppy that has already been adopted? There’s a separate circle in hell for you, sir. The Animal Resource Foundation is offering $1,000 to get Mango back, and is even offering not to press charges if the puppy thieves develop a conscience.