Woman’s dog is snatched with a noose in Vietnam

This is the shocking moment a woman’s dog was snatched by two men on a motorbike who will likely sell the pet for food.

The incident was captured on CCTV cameras in Hanoi, Vietnam. 

The footage begins with the woman walking her dog along a street as a motorbike approaches her from behind. 

One of the men on the bike is seen throwing a noose around the dog’s neck and yanking the pet from the woman’s grasp. 

The woman, whose name has not been released, is seen spinning around and falling over as her dog’s lead is pulled from her hand. 

Her son later shared the CCTV footage online, writing: ‘The thieves were bold and dangerous.’ 

He added that eyewitnesses reported that the men stunned the dog with a taser after catching it with the noose. 

One of the men on the bike is seen throwing a noose around the dog’s neck and yanking the pet from the woman’s grasp

The woman, whose name has not been released, is seen spinning around and falling over as her dog’s lead is pulled from her hand

Dog theft is rarely treated as a criminal offence in Vietnam, unless the stolen animals are valued at more than two million VND (£63). 

Animal lovers in the country – where an estimated five million dogs are eaten a year – have long called for a crackdown. 

Many of the stolen dogs are believed to be pets which are sold to small, unregulated abattoirs and brutally killed. 

Her son later shared the CCTV footage online, writing: ‘The thieves were bold and dangerous’