FORTY-TWO
Friday 20 November
RIPTON GAZETTE
THIRD DOG DEAD!
By Editor-in-Chief, Erin Mackie
In shocking news, it appears the Ripton Canine Killer has struck again. A dog was found dead in its garden in the centre of the village of Ripton late Sunday afternoon. It was discovered by its owner, 68-year-old Rita Townsend, who said: ‘I’d gone to put some food out for the birds and I thought it was a badger at first. When I went closer, I saw it was Chequers. My heart broke, I’ve had him for ten years.’
Chequers, a border terrier, was taken to Ripton vet’s where his death was established to be kidney failure – much like the recently deceased pets already reported in this paper. Mrs Townsend had no reason to think poor Chequers had ingested any poison at home, so has the Canine Killer struck again? Rita Townsend had this to say about her pet in the lead-up to his untimely death: ‘We had gone for our usual walk along Heron Water and Chequers was fine. He slept perhaps a little more than usual in the afternoon, but it didn’t seem anything to worry about. I let him out into the garden around teatime, as he likes to watch next door’s cat in their window, and when I came out a bit later he was lying on the grass. It’s impossible to believe he’s gone.’
There’s the water table, isn’t there? Or at least that’s what I remember from my long-ago school days!!! 
14:06
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14:12