Humane Society worker's dog stolen

This dog wasn't stolen from just any owner.

The Humane Society of Utah is putting out all the stops with a $1,000 reward for the recovery of a Chihuahua belonging to Mary Rancipher, a member of its adoption staff.

Rancipher says she doesn't care about the computers, cameras and flat-screen TV burglars took from her West Valley home on Thursday.

She just wants her "Sammy" back.

Rancipher was taking her children to school when her husband came home and discovered the door kicked in, the house ransacked and the 5-year-old dog missing from an outdoor kennel.

Rancipher says she adopted Sammy about three years ago. The dog couldn't bark — and still can't — after suffering an injury on a barbed-wire fence.

— Associated Press