{"id":12596,"date":"2026-04-13T01:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/12596\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T01:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:44:10","slug":"london-news-poisoned-meat-targeting-dogs-found-in-two-london-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/12596\/","title":{"rendered":"London news: Poisoned meat ‘targeting dogs’ found in TWO London parks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dog-walkers have been warned to watch out for poisoned meat after foxes were found dead in two London parks.<\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Police said chicken, believed to have been intentionally poisoned, was left in London’s Holland Park and Brompton Cemetery over several days.<\/p>\n

One dog which ate some of the meat became “very unwell”.<\/p>\n

Two foxes were found dead in the parks without any signs of obvious injury.<\/p>\n

Officers believe the poison was used to deliberately target animals – either dogs or foxes.<\/p>\n

Dog owners have now been urged to remain vigilant and prevent their pets scavenging for meat.<\/p>\n

Police have also warned the public that dogs should be kept on leads at all times in Brompton Cemetery.<\/p>\n

Kris Sikora, a professional dog-walker, told the BBC he had seen similar incidents in the past.<\/p>\n

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Holland Park – home to the Kyoto Garden – was one of two parks where the poisoned chicken meat was found <\/p>\n

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He said: “Before, we’ve had toys that have been left around that have been poisoned.<\/p>\n

“The worst one that really shocked me was razor blades being left in tennis balls.”<\/p>\n

He added that dogs should be taken to the vets if they eat something unknown, warning pet owners to “stay as vigilant as possible”.<\/p>\n

Another dog-walker in London said she was “disgusted” at the news.<\/p>\n

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A dog walker has said there have been similar incidents in the past in London <\/p>\n

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“I can’t even imagine why anyone would do that,” she said.<\/p>\n

Another dog walker said the news was “absolutely horrendous” and was unsure if someone had done it for a “spiteful reason”.<\/p>\n

She said: “It will stop people coming to the park with their dogs.”<\/p>\n

There have been reports of similar incidents in Birmingham parks.<\/p>\n

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Foxes have been found dead without any obvious injuries after consuming meat believed to be poisoned<\/p>\n

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Two dog-walkers warned on social media of several incidents of rat poison being placed down in the Second City’s Victoria Common Park.<\/p>\n

One person said on April 2 that a dog had consumed poison in the pitch area of the park and was receiving critical care.<\/p>\n

Last month there was a similar incident on the Isle of Wight, with several dogs becoming ill after visiting Parkhurst Forest.<\/p>\n

Dog-walkers were warned to keep pets under close supervision and remain cautious while walking through the large woodland.<\/p>\n

And in Gloucestershire in 2024, several dogs were admitted to hospital, with one dying, after eating a toxin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dog-walkers have been warned to watch out for poisoned meat after foxes were found dead in two London…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[380,3434,61,27,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-12596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-across-the-uk","9":"tag-animals","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116394869648642434","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}