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Farnworth dog walkers have been too scared to walk their dogs in a popular park after suspected rat poison was found there. On Saturday (February 15), a dog walker said they found a large number of pellets near the entrance of Farnworth Central Park. A ward councillor said the reports were 'worrying'.
A dog walker said that the police were called and they confirmed that the pellets were rat poison. One local woman, who did not wish to be named, said she used to walk her dog there all the time until the poison was found. She said: “We can’t let him off the lead – we’ve had to find other places to walk.
Nobody is walking in the park anymore.” A large amount rat poison (the blue pellets) was found with a bread wrapper near the main entrance of the park (Image: Public) Have a story? Get in touch at eoin.mccaul@newsquest.
co.uk She said word spread about the rat poison in local groups leaving dog walkers too scared to walk in the park in case their dog eats some of the pellets. The woman said: “It’s a beautiful park and some of the trees are over two hundred years old, but at the minute it’s like a ghost town.
“We have people coming there exercising, running, walking, stretching – children go through there and ladies from the Asian community do walks there. “It’s a beautiful park that’s now been left empty.” She said she doesn’t know why anyone would leave rat poison and that the incident has been reported to the council, who maintain the park.
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“I would strongly advise against residents leaving rat poison at the park or in the street as it poses a serious risk to health such as children who just touch and pick things up and it can be harmful to dogs and cats as it’s a toxic substance. “It’s also illegal to just drop rat poison down in public places.” The police have been contacted for comment.
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