The Poisoning of Crufts Part 3 Answers and Questions

The kennel club released a statement after the release of the toxicology report. Seems as expected the poisoned setter was very likely poisoned very close to home.
The named toxins are:
Aldicarb - A once common pesticide for aphids called Temik. Banned in the EU. It is also an ingredient in rat poison common to some to latin america.
Carbofuran- Again a pesticide marketed for control of pests in soybeans under the name Furadan. Banned in the EU. Ingredient common in off label use as a poison to kill predators in some of the 3rd world.

So what does this mean? It means that certainly this dog was not poisoned in the UK. It was very likely poisoned in it's own yard - or in the neighborhood.

Now as for the story being told as I mentioned we are unlikely to ever find out the full story. It takes very little of this stuff to kill a dog and it's more than likely would have killed all their dogs if there were deliberate bait piles in the yard. We will probably never know if this was a dog targeted event or not but I am more apt to think that this was an incidental poisoning that was intended for wildlife. Probably in less than a kilometer of where the dog lived. You see often baits are moved by wildlife - birds if you're not careful. It's part of the reason you have to be so very careful trapping to make sure traps are not easily seen by birds.

Even the jackass that poisoned my sister's dog with antifreeze put out way more poison than what was needed to do the job. This again to me points to incidental poisoning as the most likely story. Sad day for a dog but certainly not something easily prevented - sometimes despite your best intentions and preventions - shit happens.

carbofuran