Surveillance video shows a man grabbing a $7,000 French bulldog and walking out of an Atlanta pet store.

The theft happened Wednesday night at a Petland store.

The video shows the man playing with the puppy moments earlier.

Police want to find the man and the puppy. Sgt. Robert Parsons, of the Dunwoody Police Department, said the man will face a felony shoplifting charge when caught.

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A migrant farmworker harvests Vidalia onions at a farm in Collins, in 2011. A coalition of farmworkers, including one based in Georgia, filed suit last month in federal court arguing that cuts to H-2A wages will trigger a cut in the pay and standard of living of U.S. agricultural workers. (Bita Honarvar/AJC)

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