Nearly 20 Licking County dogs poisoned with antifreeze

[peace13]

MOUNT PERRY — When multiple dogs at Blue Ribbon Labradors began getting sick, Michelle Wood’s first thought was parvovirus.

The symptoms seemed to fit, and the fact it was spreading so quickly seemed to confirm it in her mind. Wood never would have thought the dogs had been poisoned, but their veterinarian confirmed antifreeze was the cause of all their problems.

“You just never dream someone would do anything to harm these animals,” she said. “You just rack your brain trying to understand it. We sit around and think, ‘Who could have done this?’ ”

Wood and her parents, Don and Valeria Butts, who own Blue Ribbon Labradors, think someone intentionally poisoned nearly 20 of their dogs with antifreeze.

http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20140331/NEWS01/303310005/Nearly-20-Licking-County-dogs-poisoned-antifreeze


More at the link. Sad times in the neighborhood for sure!

[hlthe2b]

1. OMG... long jail times are not sufficient for anyone who would do this

But, I surely hope that is where they end up--and without delay.

How horrendous.

[riqster]

2. Life without parole. Locked up in dog kennels.

Make the punishment fit the crime.

[darkangel218]

3. I hope they catch whoever did this and throw them in prison for the rest of their sick lives!

God!,

[joeybee12]

4. Poor Storm didn't make it...

I hope the heartless bastard who did this is caught and punished severely!

[Sunlei]

5. maybe their 20 dogs got into antifreeze on their own property.

google their address and that ' kennel room of cages' in the reporters pictures must be inside their small house.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

6. I was surprised to find out the treatment for

at least some common kinds of antifreeze can involve drinking alcohol, such as vodka.

Way back in the day, a mental patient came through who tried to commit suicide by drinking antifreeze, but didn't care for the taste, so had mixed it into margaritas, which actually saved her life.

Sadly, it takes very little to fatally poison a pet (or child) because of their small body mass. One place I've read suggested a cat could die merely from walking through a puddle of it and then licking its paws.

I try to only ever buy any when we're completely out, so that I don't have a bottle sitting around that might crack or spill.

[Sunlei]

7. interesting the treatment.

back in the old days I worked for a lot of Vets. Yes, the treatment for a pet that got into antifreeze was alcohol in the IV. Most pets survived if owner got them in fast enough.