3 girls charged after alleged dognapping in Kingston, Ont.

Police in Kingstonsay they're lookingfor a dog that was allegedly stolen by three girls who then abandoned it in the rain.

Investigators allege the girls played with the one-year-old dogoutside a homeon Tuesdayevening, joked about stealing it and thendid just that.

They say the girls took the dog onto a bus, but after hearing adescription of the stolen dog over the radio left the bus and thenleft the dog tied up and exposed to the cold wind and rain.

Two 13-year-olds and a 17-year-old were arrested and are jointlycharged with theft and wilfully causing unnecessary suffering to ananimal.

Police say they were unable to find the dog, described as a40-kilogram bull mastiff-boxer mix, reddish-brown with black tipsand black around his eyes.

They say he answers to the name "Pharaoh."