ANIMAL lovers have been urged to help find a puppy stolen from a Hampshire rescue centre.

John Harding, general manager at the Animal Rescue Centre in Southampton, today pleaded for people to keep their eyes peeled for the six-week-old Jack Russell, which disappeared from a quarantine room.

Unlike his two brothers, pictured with John, the stolen pup has a rough, curly coat, which also has a tinge of brown.

John launched a desperate appeal to get the dog back amid fears it may fall into unscrupulous hands in the run-up to Christmas.

The pups were rescued from a heroin addict in South Wales.