Poisoned sausages complaint

A dog owner has issued a warning amid suspicions that someone tried to kill her pet by feeding it poisoned sausages.

Lynn Page, who lives in Laurencekirk, called police after discovering the laced meat products slotted through her garden fence.

She suspects that the perpetrator was someone who lives in the area.

Lynn had learned that police had recently received complaints about her threeyear-old Cocker Spaniel Cara barking too loudly.

Ms Page said her mother found the half-eaten sausages, which Cara had been nibbling, in the grass.

She said: “We were out in the garden and my mum came across them.

“There had been quite a lot of sausages put through the fence. Cara had only had a nibble on one of them, but she was a bit subdued the day after because of it.

“Whatever those tablets were, they have certainly had some effect on her.”

The animal lover added: “Apparently last weekend when I was out someone phoned the police about the dog barking, but we don’t know who it might have been.

“I think they were annoyed by it, but I wish they would have just come to the door.”

A police spokeswoman confirmed officers attended.

She said: “There was no suggestion as to where the sausages had come from. The property is next to a public area.”