AN pressing warning has been issued to canine walkers over “doubtlessly deadly” human poo at a Scots magnificence spot.
Pet house owners have been advised to hunt veterinary recommendation as quickly as potential if their dogs have ingested faeces.
Westport Veterinary Clinic in Linlithgow was pressured to challenge the alert following stories of people defecating at Linlithgow Peel and Beecraigs Country Park.
In a publish on social media, it wrote: “Unfortunately now we have to publish this reasonably disagreeable discover as a result of now we have been knowledgeable by shoppers that there are human faeces at Linlithgow Peel and Beecraigs Country Park.
“Human faeces is a danger to dogs if ingested. If you suppose your canine has ingested human faeces please contact a vet ASAP.
“You can use VidiVet App to contact a vet 24/7.
“Out of hours for those who name your standard Westport apply quantity your name will probably be diverted to the emergency veterinary group.”
The clinic added: “There are issues which doubtlessly could possibly be in human faeces which might be poisonous and put dogs in danger.
“One instance could be if the human has had remedy or medication which might doubtlessly be deadly to the canine, in addition to dangerous micro organism.”
Members of the general public flocked to the feedback to react to the grim discover.
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One wrote: “It’s disgusting, we have seen a great deal of it”.
Another mentioned: “Who does this? I actually fear concerning the human race”.
A 3rd put: “Absolutely stunning”.
A fourth weighed in: “Vile”.
Last yr, an pressing warning was issued to pet house owners after a canine swallowed rat poison in a Glasgow park.
The pooch was left preventing for all times after it’s thought to have ingested poisonous pellets at Pollok Country Park within the metropolis’s southside.