Poisoned Dogs Ozankoy

Mr Vince


Joined: 24/07/2008
Posts: 696

Message Posted:
10/04/2009 08:39

Just been told that there appears to have been a spate of dog poisoning in Ozankoy round the Club Tropicana Hotel. 3 dogs dead this morning. Take care.

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
10/04/2009 09:25

Oh not again...when will ppl stop doing this ...it is the worst way for dogs to die. grrrr.

zanky


Joined: 17/10/2008
Posts: 354

Message Posted:
11/04/2009 11:26

it must have happened very quickly they were big dogs, a German Shepherd and a beautiful Huskie and a couple of small dogs who are missing. I`m sure this means that there is a lethal dose of strychnine somewhere out there.

fazo1


Joined: 23/08/2008
Posts: 406

Message Posted:
11/04/2009 12:01

how do these people use this stuff as my dog sniffs everythink when i walk him do they put it in food

madmazz


Joined: 14/01/2009
Posts: 82

Message Posted:
11/04/2009 12:14

Yes fazo1 they put it in meat usually, tinned meat (spam) is a favourite I have heard. People will just have to muzzle the dogs - its the only sure way I am afraid.

Amber


Joined: 26/09/2008
Posts: 561

Message Posted:
11/04/2009 12:14

Nigel



From experience friends had the poison was put in meat. I have also heard of it being put in sandwiches. This is just so sad. My silly dog would pick up anything if he had the chance.



How these people can do this I do not know.

Mr Vince


Joined: 24/07/2008
Posts: 696

Message Posted:
11/04/2009 12:18

These dogs were notorious for scavanging out of rubbish bin bags and causing quite a mess. Obviously the owners looked after them. For all we know it could have been a targeted attack on these dogs by puting something out in a bin bag knowing these dogs would find it. Just a theory.

MimoMar


Joined: 26/01/2009
Posts: 150

Message Posted:
11/04/2009 14:40

Unfortunately, dogs and holiday industry don't mix.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
11/04/2009 21:47

if you have a dog from a puppy train it to not pick up whatever.

my schnauzer would never pick up or accept food from anyone other than us.

don't let your dogs behave like it, walk them on a choke chain if needed, it could save their life, cruel to be kind.

ozankoys


Joined: 20/06/2008
Posts: 905

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 10:05

That's a really good idea but a lot of us have re-homed older dogs who seem to be virtually impossible to train. Many of them have had to scavenge to stay alive from tiny puppies so it is second nature to them to pick up anything remotely edible (& lots of things that aren't!)

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 10:42

I ahve tried to train my dogs but they pay no attn lol...I even bark at them

mhairi


Joined: 12/04/2009
Posts: 1

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 16:07

Very sad to hear of the two dogs, very friendly. We live behind the Tropicana and befriended those dogs during our holiday as they were very thin. It is shocking that anyone could have poisoned them. The perpitrator should be caught- we have our suspicions but no evidence

LondonCypriot


Joined: 15/12/2008
Posts: 426

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 18:01

Complain to the RSPCA in the UK, they will then put pressure on the TRNC authorities.

Mr Vince


Joined: 24/07/2008
Posts: 696

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 18:42

These dogs were allowed to run wild, chasing cars, barking at anything that moved, ripping open rubbish bins and generally making a complete nuisance of themselves. I live just down the road from the Tropicana, and although I am sorry that they have suffered this way, their passing will not be mourned by me.



Untill owners of dogs accept responsibility for their animals and environment, then poisoning will continue. It is the Cypriot way of controling their problem.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
13/04/2009 17:30

i know it must be hard to train a rescue animal.

none of my dogs would even look at a binbag, but rescue dogs do even if they are fed. take a small water bottle spray when walking them and give them a squirt everytime the go to pick up something.



mr vince

i do agree that people need to take full responsibility and control of their dogs.

i don't think you can blame it on the cypriots!

i live in a tc village and we have had one incident in the village in 4 years.

some nights it is hard to sleep but it doesn't bother the tc's, they just sleep though it.

if i am woken by a dog barking , i am wide awake and wondering whats going on, usually someone elses dog kicking off but if it were mine i would know that there was a problem because i don't allow them to just bark for the sake of it.

most dogs if they are warm , fed and exercised settle down for a good nights sleep.

nikicik


Joined: 15/04/2009
Posts: 201

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 00:53

i reported to people this morning to the police about putting meat down but i dont know what they are going to do about it

you will just have to muzzle your dogs i have had to and my dogs are hunting dogs and they hate it but it will save there lives

keep them on leads at all times

frontalman



Joined: 28/02/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 01:13

Mr Vince, I hope if I ever come across you lying stiff on the ground, with froth coming out of your mouth and crap oozing out of your backside, that I will have compassion for you! They are dumb animals for God's sake. I have had a neighbour's dog die on my doorstep and was unable to do anything about it. The ignorant a***holes who do this should rot in hell. I really do hope that what goes around comes around.

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 01:41

frontalman - well said! These poor animals don't ask to be born. I hate cruelty to any living thing - unfortunately in the Western world it seems to be acceptable to torture a child to death because good old Social Services thought "there was nothing wrong".



Small children, like poor bloody dumb animals, do not have a voice. Like yourself, I would take the law into my own hands if ever I found someone being deliberately cruel. Just a small example; we have dogs next to us who do bark a great deal during the night sometimes - no wonder, the poor things are cooped up all day long. I would emphasise they are far from ill treated - in fact they are loved - but local people do not seem to realise that they should be let out for a while. They are, for about 1 hour every day. One of our neighbours complained that they kept him awake. A friend of a friend of a friend, etc.... told him where he could buy poison to 'shut the dogs up once and for all'. cont'd

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 01:46

I told them that if I had found the dogs had been poisened, then I would not hesitate to report them.



Mind you, would that have done any good, do you think?



Actually, what I said was "if I've found out you've poisoned a dog, I'l f...ing poison you"



Rant over, but it just makes me sick.



J

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 02:17

OK.....one more time...if you want any muzzles bringing out for your dogs, please let me know, and i will...



DD

Mr Vince


Joined: 24/07/2008
Posts: 696

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 08:37

Frontalman, had you taken the time to read my last insertion you would see that I have not condoned this act of killing these dogs. What I actually said was that I would not miss them now that they are gone. I do understand what drives someone to lay down poison. We have a neighbour who breeds dogs in his front garden. We have complained till we are blue in the face to him and to any authorities we can find about the smell, rats, and rubbish and dog messs thrown over a wall into an olive grove. At one time this puppy farm had 42 dogs, some of them living in an old transit van. The noise is unbearable. So yes I understand why someone would put down poison to rid themselves of these problems. I do not condone it but I understand it.

frontalman



Joined: 28/02/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 09:15

I did read your whole posting. I did not infer that you condoned their killing, but you did say "their passing will not be mourned by me". You can't have it both ways. My point is that dogs are playful, joyous creatures, not unlike children, and do not deserve to die prematurely in agony. I have three, I should know. One of mine has been poisoned three times, but luckily survived. We keep them muzzled now through necessity when we take them out, but what a sad state of affairs. You are probably a very nice guy, Mr. Vince,my regards to you and Mrs. Vince. My anger was aimed at the perpetrators.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 09:51

Oh this all makes my blood boil.I know what I would like to do them. Evil Evil. They roam for survival and have to end thier days in this way. Its just so sad

JoanneM


Joined: 24/06/2009
Posts: 266

Message Posted:
24/06/2009 21:17

ppl can be so so cruel, i agree with you lilli (msg 23). pure evil !