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Vigilance urged after cocktail sausages found pierced with nails
The sausages were found in the IP4 area of Ipswich.

Sausages found in the IP4 area of Ipswich 

Dog walkers in Ipswich are being urged to be vigilant after cocktail sausages pierced by nails were found scattered in a street.

Ipswich resident Justin Collins told the East Anglian Daily Times that he saw the sausages in the Caldwell Hall Road, Marlborough Road and Wellesley Road area. He said that there were around seven sausages in total, most of which were tucked by walls where dogs could quickly sniff them out.

“I didn’t think much of the first one, and then I saw the second and the third... I tried to kick them down drains and into the road,” he explained. “There is a lot of dog muck now the snow has melted. Maybe someone has seen that and got annoyed, and chucked sausages out on the street with some nails in them. It’s obviously dogs they are targeting.”

When Mr Collins later returned to the area the sausages had disappeared. His wife immediately took to Facebook to share the news, with a post that quickly went viral.

She wrote: “Along Cauldwell Hall Road / Marlborough Road / Wellsley Road area IP4 whilst walking the school run my husband saw many cocktail sausages scattered around with nails in them! Please share for dog walkers!!”

Ipswich Veterinary Centre told MRCVS Online that they had not yet see any cases involving pierced cocktail sausages. Suffolk Police also responded to the news, saying that there had not yet been any reports of injuries.

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