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| Girl's Christmas and birthday without therapy dog | Girl's Christmas and birthday without therapy dog |
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| A girl with autism is facing Christmas and her birthday without her therapy dog after it was stolen. | |
| Lottie the Dalmatian was taken three weeks ago from a house in Peatling Parva, Leicestershire. | Lottie the Dalmatian was taken three weeks ago from a house in Peatling Parva, Leicestershire. |
| All Chloe Hopkins, who turns 12 on Christmas Eve, wants for her birthday and Christmas was Lottie, her mum said. | All Chloe Hopkins, who turns 12 on Christmas Eve, wants for her birthday and Christmas was Lottie, her mum said. |
| An appeal to find Lottie has been widely shared on social media and got the support of TV presenter Chris Packham, who has Asperger's syndrome. | An appeal to find Lottie has been widely shared on social media and got the support of TV presenter Chris Packham, who has Asperger's syndrome. |
| Mr Packham retweeted a BBC news story about the dog's disappearance and said: "Please help reunite Chloe with Lottie. I can imagine her life without her and it isn't good." | |
| Chloe's mum Gemma Hopkins has been in regular contact with Mr Packham's team and understood he was planning a further appeal. | Chloe's mum Gemma Hopkins has been in regular contact with Mr Packham's team and understood he was planning a further appeal. |
| Three-year-old Lottie was taken from her home on 1 December. | Three-year-old Lottie was taken from her home on 1 December. |
| Mrs Hopkins said it had been a really emotional time for Chloe and her birthday and Christmas "won't be the same". | Mrs Hopkins said it had been a really emotional time for Chloe and her birthday and Christmas "won't be the same". |
| "It will be a very sad time for her. For a few days she did not want to put the tree up or anything. | "It will be a very sad time for her. For a few days she did not want to put the tree up or anything. |
| "All she wants for Christmas is Lottie. It has completely broken her heart." | "All she wants for Christmas is Lottie. It has completely broken her heart." |
| She said Lottie could tell when Chloe was going to have an anxiety attack and would sit with her. | She said Lottie could tell when Chloe was going to have an anxiety attack and would sit with her. |
| "Lottie helps her cope and now her coping mechanism is not there. We have lost a member of the family, not just a pet." | "Lottie helps her cope and now her coping mechanism is not there. We have lost a member of the family, not just a pet." |
| Leicestershire Police said: "A bolt on the door of an outhouse was bent and the dog was stolen." | Leicestershire Police said: "A bolt on the door of an outhouse was bent and the dog was stolen." |
| The force said there had been no arrests and inquiries were continuing. | The force said there had been no arrests and inquiries were continuing. |
| Mrs Hopkins said she thought her rare-breed dog was deliberately targeted because nothing else was taken from their home. | Mrs Hopkins said she thought her rare-breed dog was deliberately targeted because nothing else was taken from their home. |
| She had also seen a drone over the house a few days earlier - something she considered unusual at the time. | She had also seen a drone over the house a few days earlier - something she considered unusual at the time. |
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