7 horses dead after suspected poisoning
7 horses dead after suspected poisoning
3 Aug 1990By DONAL MACINTYRE
FIVE horses were put down and two died in a suspected poison attack at Poddle Park, in Kimmage. Dublin_, last night. Officers of the Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were at the scene and are awaiting further results from tests being carried out at Dublin’s Veterinary College before they can confirm that the horses were in fact poisoned. “The circumstances are very suspicious”. Maurice Byrne of the DPSCA told the IRISH PRESS. Another horse is being treated at the veterinary college and three others including two foals are being monitored in case of contamination.
BY STEPHEN O BRIEN
BROKEN-HEARTED animal lovers were today preparing to bury seven ponies who died in agony from poisoning yesterday at Poddle Park, Kimmage.
Vets and-animal lovers are anxiously awaiting the results of a postmortem being carried out today on an eighth pony to discover what killed the much-loved pets.
The post-mortem is being carried out at the Veterinary College at UCD. It is suspected that the animals died from mouldy bread or paraquat.
Tom Farrington, the vet who had to put down five of the animals when he found them still alive but in great distress, said today that locals had found three bags of old bread in the area and that these were to be analysed.