'Cruel animal hater' accused of baiting dogs on Sydney's Northern Beaches
A hunk of contaminated meat has been found by new owners of a puppy in a suspected targeted attack just days after they brought the animal home.
Residents in Sydney’s Northern Beaches were warned following the gruesome discovery, which was uploaded to a local pets page on Facebook.
A man said his neighbours found the sizeable chunk of meat with green pellets shoved inside it at the front of their house on Sunday.
They brought their puppy home just last week and were mortified at the thought of someone potentially harming it with contaminated meat.
The poster said he too had experienced his own brush with a suspected dog baiter, having his puppy’s stomach pumped earlier in the year after something poisonous was thrown into his backyard.
He added a cat owner who lived nearby also found something suspicious in their yard a short time ago, adding to fears there was a serial baiter in the community.
“No idea who is responsible but if you live nearby or walk your pets in the area be a little vigilant on what they pick up to eat on the sidewalks,” the post read.
“Some cruel animal hater lives nearby”.
The baited meat was found on Whitney Street in Mona Vale, with pet owners in nearby Bayview warned to also be on the look-out.
The poisonous element was believed to be green snail or rat pellets, which were stuffed into an unknown type of meat.
Facebook users were revolted by the sick tactic, calling the person responsible a “psychopath”.
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“A sick, sadistic psychopath who gets off on torturing and killing animals. Maybe put posters around the area to warn pet owners. Would be great to catch the bastard in the act,” one person wrote in a comment to the post.
“Sick people around! Can you imagine going to those lengths! I hope they’re caught and prosecuted and locked up in a big cage with lots of animals,” another person wrote.
Dee Why and Mona Vale Police had not received any reports of dog baiting in their area over the weekend.
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