AN pressing warning has been issued to canine walkers over “probably deadly” human poo at a Scots magnificence spot.
Pet homeowners have been advised to hunt veterinary recommendation as quickly as potential if their dogs have ingested faeces.
Westport Veterinary Clinic in Linlithgow was compelled to challenge the alert following stories of people defecating at Linlithgow Peel and Beecraigs Country Park.
In a submit on social media, it wrote: “Unfortunately we have now to submit this reasonably disagreeable discover as a result of we have now been knowledgeable by shoppers that there are human faeces at Linlithgow Peel and Beecraigs Country Park.
“Human faeces is a threat to dogs if ingested. If you assume 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 when you name your typical Westport observe quantity your name shall be diverted to the emergency veterinary workforce.”
The clinic added: “There are issues which probably could possibly be in human faeces which are poisonous and put dogs in danger.
“One instance could be if the human has had remedy or medicine which might probably 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 in regards to the human race”.
A 3rd put: “Absolutely stunning”.
A fourth weighed in: “Vile”.
Last yr, an pressing warning was issued to pet homeowners 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.