24/06/2024
Please be aware and stay vigilant 😪💔
⚠️ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗱
It remains one of the most devastating and cruel events for any pet family. Members of our community should be aware that a number of poisonings have now been confirmed in the Boksburg and Benoni area this week.
However there are poisonings in every suburb daily!
Criminals are using the opportunity to illegally gain access to properties and to eliminate the “early warning systems” that dog’s naturally provide through barking.
Tragically it is dogs who are paying the ultimate price by being poisoned.
Early treatment can be successful, prevention remains infinitely better.
Poison causes unbearable suffering and your pet is likely to die even with intensive treatment which is also a costly exercise.
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁.
Besides several dog theft cases that have also ended tragically, poisoning remains the first line of risk to our dogs in South Africa.
Most poisonings are confirmed cases of “two-step” poison which was originally formulated as a form of rodent control.
Pets also remain highly at risk for secondary poisonings due to cats and dogs ability to catch mice and rats who may have recently ingested poison.
𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲!
