Six dogs, three of them part of a search and rescue team, have been rushed to a vet after eating toxic items in Hillsborough Forest Park.
By Niall GlynnSix dogs, three of them part of a search and rescue team, had to have emergency veterinary care after eating items toxic to dogs in a forest park.
The dogs - three rescue dogs and three family pets - were being walked in Hillsborough Forest Park on Friday. Ryan Gray, of K9 Search and Rescue, said piles of chocolate, almonds and grapes had been left out in the forest."Pretty much things that are incredibly toxic to the dogs."He said the quick reactions of the two handlers with them had saved them as they were rushed to the nearest vet."I think they'll be released tonight and then it'll be a case that they'll have to go back for tests to check their liver function," he said.
"But really it was only the reactions of the handlers noticing them and what they had ate and getting them to a vet's in Hillsborough, it was literally the closest vet they could get to."Mr Gray said he could not say whether the items had been left on purpose for dogs, but it was worrying, "Even if they didn't know, if we're edging on the scale of giving the benefit of the doubt and you think they'd leave the grapes and the almonds out for the birds, you wouldn't leave bars of chocolate out for the birds," he said.K9 Search and Rescue, which is based in north Down, has been involved in dozens of searches for missing people in Northern Ireland and has also assisted in the Republic of Ireland.
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