Dog Deaths Linked to Lough Neagh Prompt Council Probe

8th May 2022

Rea’s Wood on the shore of Lough Neagh near Antrim town Credit: DEARA

Local authorities are investigating after two dogs died following contact with the water at Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, as BelfastLive reports.

In the separate incidents on Thursday (5 May), a five-month old golden retriever and a 15-month-old cocker spaniel suffered seizures and died within an hour of taking ill after walks by the shore at Rea’s Wood, close to Antrim town.

Following appeals by their devastated owners, a spokesperson for Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council said they are working with them as well as “local vets and our colleagues in DAERA to best establish the full circumstances”.

BelfastLive has more on the story HERE.

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