German Shepherd Arnie Found Dead Inside Stolen Hilux in Brisbane. News 18/11/25.

[Deeds]

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/pets/german-shepherd-arnie-found-dead-inside-stolen-hilux-in-brisbane/news-story/4c3148ce5bd6932db64c2285d444ee76

[Redsonic]

Just horrible. As his owner, you would be turning your mind inside out imagining Arnie's possible suffering.

[persephone]

they could have opened the door- poor Arnie.   I hope the offender is found!

[Little Gifts]

21 minutes ago, persephone said:

they could have opened the door- poor Arnie.   I hope the offender is found!

My head wont stop thinking about what happened. Maybe once he realised it wasn't his owner he got a bit aggressive and they were too scared to open the door (it may have been locked too). Maybe he hurt himself trying to get to them? I absolutely don't want to think about the other possibility. But why couldn't they have left the vehicle in like a small shopping complex with high foot traffic where someone would've heard and noticed a dog left in  a car much quicker? People are so saddened and angry about this up here. They want  blood. It's just one step  too far for people to accept with pointless crime. Clearly a large dog in your  car is not a deterrent to theft.

[Boronia]

1 hour ago, Little Gifts said:

My head wont stop thinking about what happened. Maybe once he realised it wasn't his owner he got a bit aggressive and they were too scared to open the door (it may have been locked too). Maybe he hurt himself trying to get to them? I absolutely don't want to think about the other possibility. But why couldn't they have left the vehicle in like a small shopping complex with high foot traffic where someone would've heard and noticed a dog left in  a car much quicker? People are so saddened and angry about this up here. They want  blood. It's just one step  too far for people to accept with pointless crime. Clearly a large dog in your  car is not a deterrent to theft.

 

Yes LG, I would check Arnie's page a couple of times each day and truly never thought he'd be found dead in the ute, such a shock and terribly sad, that beautiful much-loved intelligent dog just left there locked up, he must have been so confused as to why his dad hadn't come for him.