Mona Vale: Another dog poisoned on the northern beaches as police issue warning
There are fears an unknown man or women is trying to kill multiple dogs in a northern beaches suburb — with a poisoned pet being treated earlier this week after attempts to other pooches. The concern is so great that residents are investing in security systems.
- Fears grow after multiple dogs come close to ingesting poisoned bait
- Poison baits thrown over fences to dogs at Mona Vale
A wannabe dog killer is on the loose with another poisoning in Mona Vale on Tuesday.
Residents living on the western side of the suburb have resorted to installing security cameras in an attempt to catch the person before he or she kills.
The poisoning of Chihuahua Maisey is the latest of several incidents in recent months in the area.
Maisey was rushed to Pittwater Animal Hospital after eating a sausage laced with rat bait.
The dog belongs to 91-year-old Pam Brown who was left severely shaken by the incident.
Her daughter Deborah Kennedy, who she lives with, said she is clueless as to who is behind the incidents.
“It is just sick,” she said. “We are all terrified. We have little kiddies coming to the house and they could quite easily put it in their mouths.
“The bait was in-between the plant pots, I think whoever did this must have come on to our property.
“It is getting really scary. We are going to be putting security systems in place now.”
Little more than a week ago Ms Kennedy found her nine-week-old pharaoh hound puppy, Pearl, sniffing at a piece of processed dog food containing a number of pellets.
The bait, about 5cms in diameter, had been thrown into her front yard.
It came after neighbour Andrew Miller had to take his border collie/kelpie cross puppy, Coco, to a vet following a similar attempted poisoning.
Another neighbour’s cat was targeted and others have also found meat laced with pellets in their yards.
Vet Dr Heidi Furber, who treated Maisey on Tuesday, said she was stunned anyone would try to harm an animal in such a particularly brutal way.
“Rat bait clots the blood and leads to internal bleeding. After several days it can get into the lungs or the bladder and can be fatal.
“It is pretty horrible.”
She advised anyone who thinks their pet has ingested poison to attend a veterinary clinic as soon as possible.
Police are appealing to anyone with information to contact them immediately.
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