Whitehorse police confirm 3rd dog poisoned with strychnine

Whitehorse police have confirmed that anotherdog consumed poison last monthin the Porter Creek neighbourhood.

RCMP say toxicology results show the German shepherd consumed strychnine, a toxin oftenfound in rat poison.

The German shepherd, Trigger,became sickjust weeks after two other dogs in the neighbourhood died suddenly. The two corgis were later found to have ingested strychnine.

RCMP Cpl Natasha Dunmall says it appears Trigger had ground beef in his stomach, so police believe the dog consumed poisoned meat. She says the corgishad also consumed meat.

"There's something going on," says RCMP Cpl Natasha Dunmall.

She says the three poisonings show a correlation, but police aren't ableto confirm a connection between Trigger's illness and the deadcorgis.

Whitehorse RCMPsay they're pursuing a criminal investigation.

Meat scraps found

They're also analysingsome scraps of meat that were recently found in the yards of several Porter Creek homes.

Dunmall says the scraps appear to be bison or moose meat. Police have collected samples and sent them for analysis.

"At this time, we're not saying that they are related, but we just want to rule it out just in case,or confirm if it was," Dunmall says.

Police are urging residents in the area to be vigilant, watching their pets and their neighbour's pets. They're asking anybody with information to contact RCMP.