Henrietta   10 #1 Posted December 23, 2014 There has been more than one reported incident recently of dogs being walked in hillsborough park who have been fed something by a small group of young lads; the dog then rapidly deteriorates, suffering terribly and dying a very painful and quick death.  Please be aware; this is a public health concern and risk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
No User Name   10 #2 Posted December 23, 2014 There has been more than one reported incident recently of dogs being walked in hillsborough park who have been fed something by a small group of young lads; the dog then rapidly deteriorates, suffering terribly and dying a very painful and quick death.  Please be aware; this is a public health concern and risk.  Well, it isnt. Its a risk to dogs, not the "public".  Still nasty, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Henrietta   10 #3 Posted December 23, 2014 I hope you stay right, but there are a number of young children running around off the lead there too!! Joking aside, should whatever substance that's being given to the dogs be left on the ground maybe and a toddler/child picks it up there is a risk that the substance could be passed to mouth and ingested, causing harm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Badlittlepup   10 #4 Posted December 23, 2014 This story seems to have been doing the rounds about various Sheffield parks and various people doing the poisoning around the web for the last few weeks. There doesn't appear to be any reliable confirmation from the police and given the various descriptions of people doing it (old woman, group of lads, lady with a child) it has all the hallmarks of being an urban myth scare story.  I know the police comment on things on this forum and I wish they would confirm or deny this. Because on the facebook groups this is being posted to some people are threatening vigilante action and I worry some innocent group of lads are going to be beaten up because of some silly Internet rumour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Chazndave   10 #5 Posted December 23, 2014 This story seems to have been doing the rounds about various Sheffield parks and various people doing the poisoning around the web for the last few weeks. There doesn't appear to be any reliable confirmation from the police and given the various descriptions of people doing it (old woman, group of lads, lady with a child) it has all the hallmarks of being an urban myth scare story. I know the police comment on things on this forum and I wish they would confirm or deny this. Because on the facebook groups this is being posted to some people are threatening vigilante action and I worry some innocent group of lads are going to be beaten up because of some silly Internet rumour.  The dogs owners posted about it so not sure how thats a rumour?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mort   10 #6 Posted December 23, 2014 You can start being civil now - If you are going to sling abuse at each other then you will find your account suspended. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Paddy   10 #7 Posted December 23, 2014 Here's a link from Sheffield Online's Facebook page about the subject:  https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=986719514690257&id=609632969065582 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lottiecass   17 #8 Posted December 23, 2014 Sorry that your pet is dead but how do you know it was poisoned without any blood samples etc? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Chazndave   10 #9 Posted December 23, 2014 Sorry that your pet is dead but how do you know it was poisoned without any blood samples etc?  The owner isnt on here as far as im aware so can't answer your questions. Although the symptoms of being poisoned are pretty obvious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Strix   11 #10 Posted December 24, 2014 The owner does appear to be on here. They posted on the pets group on this subject  The 'two' stories I have seen have actually been the same one. However, if you search the pets group on the word 'poisoning', I'm sure you'll dig up threads for various locations covering at least the past ten years Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Granma   10 #11 Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) Can the RSPCA do anything? Granma. Edited December 24, 2014 by Granma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Chazndave   10 #12 Posted December 24, 2014 The owner does appear to be on here. They posted on the pets group on this subject The 'two' stories I have seen have actually been the same one. However, if you search the pets group on the word 'poisoning', I'm sure you'll dig up threads for various locations covering at least the past ten years  Not sure how that means this incident isn't true. Unless thats not what you are saying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...