A Gold Coast family is mourning one dog and fighting to save another after they were allegedly poisoned near a children’s playground in what police are now investigating as a deliberate act.
Owner Calvin tried to save Arlo, performing chest compressions as they moved him to the vet, but it was too late.
Eight-year-old Mika was given just a 20 per cent chance of survival, but in some good news for the shattered family, she is beating the odds.
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Headline as published: Beloved dog dies, second fights for life after suspected poisoning near children's park on the Gold Coast
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A Gold Coast family is mourning one dog and fighting to save another after they were allegedly poisoned near a children’s playground in what police are now investigating as a deliberate act.
Arlo and his younger sister Mika, two ridgebacks, became violently ill after encountering suspected poison in bushland behind Rivertree Park in Helensvale.
Owner Calvin tried to save Arlo, performing chest compressions as they moved him to the vet, but it was too late.
The cause is believed to be a trap deliberately set in the bushland with the family claiming to have discovered a drill hole in the park.
Eight-year-old Mika was given just a 20 per cent chance of survival, but in some good news for the shattered family, she is beating the odds.
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