French bulldogs, those small dogs with a serious face and flat gaits, are one of the most sought-after specimens in the pet market in the United States, which is being ravaged by a wave of attacks and robberies to get them.
The last affected by this type of theft has been the singer Lady Gaga, who has seen how two of her three dogs have been kidnapped.
Now, the singer offers for them a ransom of half a million euros (about 412,000 euros), as reported by the Reuters news agency.
The singer is in Rome, Italy, filming a new project about the Gucci family directed by Ridley Scott, so it was a professional dog walker who took care of their pets.
Around 9:40 p.m. Wednesday night, Ryan Fischer, 30, was walking Miss Asia, Gustav and Koji, as the animals are called, down Sierra Bonita Avenue in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Fischer worked in New York until four years ago, but moved to the other end of the United States to specifically care for the singer's pets.
The sequence of the assault took place in less than a minute.
A white car pulled up right next to him and two men got out and tried to snatch the dogs from him and did not hesitate to pull out a gun.
Threatened by the two men getting out of the vehicle, Fischer began to scream.
The men struggled with him and threw him to the ground while they took away the dogs, until a shot sounds and Fischer is lying on the ground, as can be seen in a video of the event recorded by a security camera and that has been obtained exclusively by the TMZ news portal.
“Help, I was shot!
Help! ”The man is heard shouting, lying on the ground next to one of the two dogs, Miss Asia, who escaped from the kidnappers and was rescued.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the man was shot with a semiautomatic pistol and is admitted to a hospital in critical condition.
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Lady Gaga has expressed her dismay at what happened, according to one of her representatives, quoted by the Reuters news agency, and has created an email address to contact for a possible rescue of her pets where you can claim the reward without asking questions. : kojiandgustav@gmail.com