A ‘poisoning’ mystery

THERE WAS considerable panic in my local dog-owning community last month, when a three-year-old labrador reportedly died from poisoning.

The initial Facebook post indicated that the dog had died as a result of eating poison picked up at a popular dog-walking site, a nature reserve where dozens of dogs are exercised daily. “Some moron has been scattering poisoned treats,” read the post. It was sufficient to reduce the number of dog walkers at the site by around 90%. I suspect that the remaining 10% don’t do social