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Cupcakes left in a popular southern Ontario park that sickened three dogs this week may have contained marijuana, a spokesman for police in Durham region said Wednesday.
Police were called at about 11:30 p.m. Monday to Poplar Park in Port Perry, Ont., north of Oshawa, after three dog owners who took their pets to an emergency animal clinic were told the pets had been poisoned.
Police spokesman Dave Selby told CBC News that investigators have sent samples of the recovered cupcakes to a different lab after receiving conflicting information from at least two earlier tests.
Initial tests suggested the animals ingested a poison, such as antifreeze or windshield wiper fluid, but Selby said results of a subsequent test suggested marijuana was present in the samples.
"Apparently, there is evidence that it could have been cannabis," Selby said. "We're waiting until we get final tests done."
Selby acknowledged the varying results raise questions about whether the cupcakes were left intentionally.
"We know that whatever poison was put in it, it made the dogs very sick," he said.
No arrests have been made.
The dogs are expected to recover, and the park has since been reopened, but police are still asking dog owners to keep an eye out for anything suspicious.
Last summer, two dogs died and others were sickened in Toronto's High Park. Toronto police later recovered a bag of flax bread from the park that was believed to have been soaked in antifreeze.
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Police were called at about 11:30 p.m. Monday to Poplar Park in Port Perry, Ont., north of Oshawa, after three dog owners who took their pets to an emergency animal clinic were told the pets had been poisoned.
Police spokesman Dave Selby told CBC News that investigators have sent samples of the recovered cupcakes to a different lab after receiving conflicting information from at least two earlier tests.
Initial tests suggested the animals ingested a poison, such as antifreeze or windshield wiper fluid, but Selby said results of a subsequent test suggested marijuana was present in the samples.
"Apparently, there is evidence that it could have been cannabis," Selby said. "We're waiting until we get final tests done."
Selby acknowledged the varying results raise questions about whether the cupcakes were left intentionally.
"We know that whatever poison was put in it, it made the dogs very sick," he said.
No arrests have been made.
The dogs are expected to recover, and the park has since been reopened, but police are still asking dog owners to keep an eye out for anything suspicious.
Last summer, two dogs died and others were sickened in Toronto's High Park. Toronto police later recovered a bag of flax bread from the park that was believed to have been soaked in antifreeze.
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