DOG POISONING SEQUEL
BRITISH MINISTER ANNOYED.
London, May 14.
Mr. W. E. O’Reilly, the British Minister to Venezuela, who, was given leave to return to England following an incident which occurred after his do* had been poisoned, has landed at Plymouth. Foliowin* the re-issue by the Venezuelan authorities of an order of 1926 that all dogs found without muzzles or collars would be poisoned to prevent an outbreak of rabies, Mr. O’Reilly found his Airedale dog poisoned, although it was wearing a collar on which were his name and address.
He protested to the authorities, who afterwards alleged that he had described Venezuela as a savage country. Mr. O’Reilly then applied to the Foreign Office for leave to return to England.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 May 1932, Page 5
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