Some residents reported seeing a suspicious truck before the dog poisonings. Neither lead has panned out. Some of it is the mimic business. In just one day, a couple of weeks after Fisherman's, we had five different cases. Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford joined a task force with the county attorney and judge as well as commission members to solve the mystery.
Some residents acknowledge the community has a problem with numerous dogs running loose.
Although Johnson County does not have a leash law, the second spate of dog poisonings in three years at Fisherman's Paradise has prompted new restrictions. Commissioners have directed sheriff's officers to impound wandering dogs believed to be dangerous. Someone could be upset from dogs running around the place and just decided to take care of it themselves. But no suspects have been identified, said Kim Smith, daughter of Talco rodeo horse owner Gene Smith. A veterinarian pulled handfuls of strychnine pellets from horses' stomachs.