Overview
- Lab tests on the two dead dogs and recovered baits identified the insecticide E605.
- The poison was placed in meat and sausage pieces hidden by a fallen, rotting tree trunk on a path between Bretzfeld-Waldbach and Obersulm-Eschenau.
- A terrier died on the way to a clinic, and a poodle died later despite intensive treatment.
- E605 is an organophosphate insecticide that is extremely toxic and has been banned across the EU since 2002.
- Police have opened a criminal investigation into the unknown perpetrator and issued warnings to pet owners in the region.