Suffolk woman reunited with spaniel stolen from Essex eight years ago
Mar 14th 2026
Rebecca Harvey was reunited with her spaniel Flora after the dog, stolen from garden kennels in Little Maplestead in October 2017, was traced to a buyer in Kent following a tip to a charity search team.
- Flora and her sister Clover were taken from kennels in Little Maplestead, Essex on 30 October 2017.
- Rebecca Harvey, 30, now living near Sudbury in Suffolk, was contacted after a charity search team learned a man who bought Flora suspected she had been stolen.
- Rebecca and her husband drove to Kent to collect Flora, who greeted them wagging her tail and was found to be overweight.
- Flora originally belonged to Rebecca's late father, who died about four and a half years ago and did not see the reunion.
- Rebecca plans a full veterinary check up for Flora and said she still hopes to find Clover.