George, the 120kg giraffe statue, home safe after being stolen from outside Wilston vet surgery
The two 120kg bronze sculptures have been outside the vet clinic for almost a decade. Facebook
George, a 2.5-metre tall 120kg bronze sculpture has been returned home to its rightful place outside a Brisbane veterinary clinic.
The statue, worth thousands of dollars, went missing on Monday night prompting the Wilston Vet clinic owners to make a public appeal for his return.
Fortunately, the much-loved mascot was located by Stafford police last night.
The sculptures are worth thousands of dollars and likely required bolt cutters to remove. Wilston Vet
"The wonderful team at the Stafford Police Station have located George. He is a little dusty but he is safe and on his way home," the clinic said in a post last night.
In a later post, the clinic shared a photo of George with his companion Henrietta in the front window captioned: "Home Safe".
It is not the first time the clinic has been targeted by thieves.
In 2015 Henrietta was stolen and decapitated.
The statues had been bolted down outside the vet surgery but thieves used bolt cutters when they snatched Henrietta.
Her body was found in 15 pieces at a Hendra scrap dealership in May 2015 but her head remained missing until a month later.
The sculptures are worth thousands of dollars.
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