Guard dog 'poisoned' at fracking site in Kirby Mispertonpublished at 08:48 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2018Breaking
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of poisoning a guard dog at Kirby Misperton.
Police were informed that a number of pellets had been thrown over a fence and eaten by a guard dog at the site yesterday morning.
The dog was sick and collapsed before he was taken to the vet for treatment.
The pellets were seized at the site and an investigation was carried out at a caravan parked on Habton Road in Kirby Misperton.
A 42-year-old man has since been arrested on suspicion of administering poison to an animal and causing criminal damage to an animal.
Another 61-year-old man has also been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage to animal.
Both men have been released on bail with a condition to stay away from the area around the site gates.