Take care, Greenpoint pet owners! An anonymous Greenpoint resident alerted the 94th precinct this week that a neighbor has been purposefully leaving food that is poisonous to dogs on Skillman Avenue between Manhattan Avenue and Leonard St.
The potentially poisonous ingredients, pepper flakes and lemon peel, may be innocuous on their own, but taken together can make dogs ill.
The pepper and peels have been spotted in the mulched tree-beds along Skillman Avenue, adjacent to the sidewalk. The tipster told the NYPD that the person behind the harmful foods does not like dogs, and has been known to harass dog owners by taking photos of them.
Since this falls way outside the range of neighborly pet etiquette, Greenpointers offers this reminder:
Owners: pick up after your dogs, keep them leashed and be respectful of your neighbors.
Non dog-owners: don’t try to poison dogs. That’s not cool.
Baker act that crackpot
Just spotted this in front of 591 Leonard as well (between Norman and Nassua).