A veterinary clinic has launched a call for vigilance after the death of at least six dogs and four cats between Tuesday November 26 and Wednesday November 27, in the town of Loon-Plage, where tuna and potato balls stuffed with black grains were found.
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This Tuesday afternoon, Séverine Hoguet's son walks his six-year-old huski in the streets of his neighborhood called Vert Gazon, in Loon-Plage. The dog stops to eat something lying on a sidewalk. “In the minutes that followed, the animal completely changed its behavior, says the woman, a resident of the residential area. He put his paws behind his ears and screamed in pain.”
The owner takes her dog to the nearby veterinary clinic, where he quickly succumbs. “He was in excellent health,” she specifies. The huski has most certainly just succumbed to intentional poisoning, like six other canines and four cats in different places in the Northern commune.
It was the Lys veterinary clinic in Loon-Plage which launched the alert on its Facebook page, Wednesday November 27, 2024. In less than 48 hours, the health center received four dogs presenting “symptoms of poisoning similar such as “significant salivation, tremors, vomiting, diarrhea, and convulsions.” Three died (a husky, a German shepherd, a border collie) and another is still hospitalized (a Brittany spaniel).
Is it certain that these animals were poisoned? “They all present very suggestive and typical symptoms of poisoning,” says Angélique Clarys, director of the clinic. Also, we found black granules in the vomit of two dogs.”
These black grains would have been hidden in tuna and potato balls, in several places in Loon-Plage. Séverine Hoguet claims to have found one on a patch of lawn near her home, between Rue des Pensées and Rue des Violettes.
Six-year-old huski died suddenly after eating food in the street.
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© Séverine Hoguet
It could be Témik, a banned and deadly pesticide, even for humans. “This is the preferred hypothesis, says the veterinarian. But toxicological analyzes are underway.” The latter advises in the event of discovery not to handle this poison with bare hands.
Beyond the three dogs who died at the veterinarian, Séverine Hoguet declares having collected the testimony of three other dog owners and three cat owners, who lost their animals, in several places in the town. People have not necessarily declared the death of their animal, “because they cannot pay for cremation or cremation” according to the professional, even if the practice is obligatory.
