POISONING OF DOGS
S.P.C.A. APPEALS FOR QUICK ACTION An appeal to dog owners to take them quickly to a veterinary surgeon of the animal home of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, if they were suspected poisoning cases, was made yesterday by the manager of the home (Mr L. R. Glanville). Mr Glanville said that as far as he knew nine dogs had been the victims of a strychnine poisoner in the last fortnight. Eight of the dogs had died. If the dog received attention within 20 minutes of consuming the poison it could be saved. In the proper hands it could be made to vomit and that was a big hope. Symptoms were severe cramp and convulsions, and water acted as a stimulant to the poison. It had been reported to him that a small boy saw a man enticing a dog in Berwick street on Saturday morning with a mutton chop. When the dog failed to take it he threw the chop over the fence and cycled away. The chop will probably be analysed, and an inspector of the society is investigating the matter.
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28130, 20 November 1956, Page 12
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