FAMILIES on their way to enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend have been warned after mysterious pink pellets were planted at a popular beauty spot.
Environment officers are investigating the incident as people have been urged to “be vigilant” and report anything suspicious.
The unknown pellets were spotted at Newborough Forest, a go-to destination in Anglesey.
Many pink capsules were strewn on the forest floor in an image made public by Natural Resources Wales.
Holidaymakers and dog walkers received the urgent warning, with a statement by the agency reading: “We’ve received reports of an unknown substance at Newborough forest.
“Our officers are investigating and we have informed the police as a precaution.
“If you are visiting the forest please be vigilant.
“We recommend keeping dogs on leads for the time being.”
It comes after a vet warned dog owners after sausages laced with suspected poison were discovered in an idyllic Devon town.
The alarm was raised by a horrified dog walker who found the slices of meat scattered along a river in Clyst Honiton.
The woman raced to Facebook and shared photos of the dark blue substance pressed into the sausage.
“Be aware walking your dog on the river, someone has left bits of sausage in the grass with blue stuff in it. I found several bits,” she wrote on the community Facebook page.
The post was shared more than 670 times, including by Medivet in Exeter and Cranbrook who echoed her concern.
“We’ve been informed by a member of the public of the below post regarding sausage with poison inside being spread down by the river in Clyst Honiton,” they wrote.
“Please avoid the area of keep your dog on a lead and if you think your dog could’ve eaten any please contact a vet immediately!”
The RSPCA’s website lists a number of substances that pose fatal threats to dogs – slug and snail pellets being one of them.
Pellets that contain metaldehyde are “extremely serious and usually fatal without urgent treatment”, according to the charity.
The pellets are sold in various forms but they are often blue.
Rodent poisons, which can also come in the form of blue chunks, can prevent blood clotting and may cause dogs to bleed out.
Meanwhile, a “deadly” spread of the chemical poison through a UK canal could last for months as Brits were told to “stay away from the water”.
Sodium cyanide has been found in Walsall Canal in the West Midlands after dead fish were seen floating in the water.
Officials warn there is a potential serious health risk to anyone who has had direct physical contact with the water in the canal.
Locals and pet owners have been told to stay clear of the canal and paths leading to it have been cordoned off.
Now Walsall Council has admitted it doesn’t know how long the water will be poisoned for.
A spokesperson told The Sun: “We wouldn’t be able to say at the moment as we don’t have that information.
“We are working closely with agency partners and will update as the situation progresses.”
