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Whkby Fr.. Pr.., V*dMiosY, ApM 5.,1995 Pa 15 Witby couple'sdo victtm of Banlcroft poisonin spr[qe ByMark Reesor A Whity couple whose dog w85 poiboned at'Christmas is warning local residents who vacation ini the Bancroft area to keep a close oye on thefr pets. Bruoe and Patricia Gard's dog <lue,' a two-year-old rottweiller/ husky mix, died moments after eating etrychnine-laced bait KARATE JU JITSU M" 1,.- A 1 I 1 ] II0 i O] C EDUCATION THROUGH MARTIAL ARTS - ADULTS & CHILOREN C»66-878 which had been left near their Mink Lake cottage. <4My husband was just walkn Blue up to the top of the dri- veway... walked her out walked her back, came in and U;e legs just shot up ini the air, s e- convulsed and she was gone,» says Patricia. 'Mhere> was no warning... our dog took. seven minutes to 'die fromthe timewe had any. k- kligthere was anything wrong.N It as hefifth dog uthat we know of» along the lalce to die from eating the fast-acting poi- son. There have been 18 confir- med poisonmng deaths of dogs ini a 20-mile radius of the town of Maynooth but 30 other doge have been reported missing and their owners fear the worst. "I thinlc they're just waiting until the snow's gone and see what surfaces," Patricia says. The majority of cottage n Lake St. Peter Provincial Park, which false within.the daner area, are owned by Durham resi- dents, she says.. «Not 1everybody goes up in the wintertime, so now tat its warnung up, ]Pm worried that rDple are going to e oigu adtheýr won't know what s going on. Bait, poisoned with strychnine, «lias« beeën thrown' at random on the aide of the road,» even ini remote areas. The Garda' cottage is eight miles in from the main road on a private drive. U5<meone's gone really out of their way te, do this," says Bruce. Antifreeze is being used te poison .dopin li'the Maynooth area, Patricia says. «These doge are in their backyards and.some- bodysfeedinît to them-- t spoons te kill a 50-pound dog and PATRICIA and Bruce Gard with a picture of their dog, Blue, (shown with son Casey O'Con nor), who--was poisoned Iast Christmas at their Mink Lake cottage. The Gards, are waming the many Durham residents with cottages in the area (northo0f Bancroft) to watch their pets closely. At Ieast. 18 dogs have clied in the aiea after eating poison. PoobyM mo, tb mProm they love the taste of it.*" Plolie are investigating but have no suspects so far. "They're hoping somebodys going te, get drunk this summer and" shoot their mouth off," she says. Plca8c Pecycle Thi~ New~paper SistiLircilI.", ks 'Nliàke ail Ujysçalé Reýcilé