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THE DESTRUCTION LEFT A HIND IN
THE TOWN OF SULFUR. THE TORNADO
THERE IS ESTIMATED AN YEAR FOR
OR LARGER.
A MAN IN LOVELAND THINKS
SOMEONE IS TARGETING HIS DOGS
WITH RAT POISON.
IT HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE.
KELLY WERTHMANN IN LOVELAND.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME ONE OF THE
DOGS EAT THE POISON.
Reporter: THAT DOG BECAME SO
EXTREMELY ILL, IT REQUIRED
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF
VETERINARY CARE SO WHEN MORE
POISON WAS FOUND MS. LONGMONT
FRONT YARD AND THIS LITTLE
PUPPY WAS CLOSE BY, YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S OWNERS
FEARED THE WORST.
THE PEOPLE THAT DO THIS ARE
COWARDS.
Reporter: WHEN HE LET HIS
DOGS ARE TO PLAY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON, HIS WIFE SPOTTED
SOMETHING STRANGE IN THEIR
FRONT YARD.
SHE FOUND A BIG CHUNK OF RAT
POISON.
Reporter: IT WAS QUICKLY
SCOOPED UP BEFORE THESE TWO
DOGS COULD GET A TASTE.
FINDING POISON IN THE YARD
IS VERY DISTRESSING.
Reporter: BUT THE DISCOVERY
LEFT AN ALL-TOO-FAMILIAR TASTE
IN SKIPPER'S MOUTH.
TWO YEARS AGO, SKIPPER'S DOG
ATE A PART OF THIS POISONED
MEATBALL AND WAS EXTREMELY ILL.
SEVERAL OTHER POISONOUS
MEATBALLS WERE FOUND IN NEARBY
YARDS KILLING A DOG JUST FOUR
DOORS DOWN FROM SKIPPER.
POLICE NEVER FOUND WHO WAS
RESPONSIBLE.
I CANNOT IMAGINE YOU WOULD
GO RANDOMLY THROUGH YARDS
THROWING OUT POISON.
Reporter: THREE YEARS AGO,
SKIPPER RECEIVED THIS
THREATENING LETTER BY SOMEONE
UPSET BY HIS BARKING DOGS.
THERE IS A SCHOOL ACROSS THE
STREET.
THE RAILROAD IS GOING BY
ANOTHER BLOCK.
THAT'S 110 DB.
THIS IS THE SOUND OF CIVILIZED
SOCIETY.
Reporter: WHILE HE CAN'T SAY
HIS DOGS ARE BEING TARGETED, HE
WANTS OTHER PET OWNERS TO BE ON
THE LOOKOUT.
NO MATTER HOW NICE YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD IS, CRAZY THINGS
HAPPEN.
Reporter: LONGMONT POLICE
DID LOOK IN OTHER NEIGHBOR'S
YARDS BUT DIDN'T FIND ANY OF
THE POISON.