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A pair of dog poisonings at Tatterson Park has sent shudders through pet owners in Keysborough South.
Two dogs fell ill after eating unknown substances in the Villiers Road dog park in mid February.
Vets concluded that one ingested an illicit drug and the other an anti-coagulant such as rat bait.
Around the same time, a nearby resident found dog-baited meat in their back yard – presumably flung over the back fence.
Cristina Hughes from Springvale South says both her dogs have been poisoned in parks in the past six months.
She’s warning other pet owners to be vigilant for these “inhumane” acts.
By Cam Lucadou-Wells
A Chesterfield-style couch, mattress, suitcases and furniture have formed part of an illegal dumping site in central Springvale.
The pile – one of multitudes in Greater Dandenong – has grown over several days on Queens Avenue opposite Buckingham Avenue.
After being alerted on Monday 8 March, Greater Dandenong Council reported the mess to VicTrack, which owns the site adjoining the city-bound railway line.
The eye-sore shocked councillor Richard Lim, who has publicly pledged to beautify Springvale as a tourist attraction.
“It’s a very bad image for Springvale, and very widespread.”
It’s one of many garbage mounds piled up on roadsides, nature strips, creeks and fields in suburbs and rural parts of Greater Dandenong found by Star Journal photographer Gary Sissons on 10 March.
Greater Dandenong is proposing a by-law to allow police to book spectators at hoon meets.
The move comes as Victoria Police recently launched the statewide Operation Achilles to clamp down on intentional high-risk driving and gatherings.
City planning director Jody Bosman said the proposed bylaw would be part of the council’s review of local laws this year.
“Following recent discussions between Council and Victoria Police, the City of Greater Dandenong is proposing a local law to allow police to take this type of action.
“While hooning is a criminal matter for which police are responsible for responding to, Council is committed to assisting with the prevention of any form of criminal activity.”
By Cam Lucadou-Wells
A liquid organic waste company in Ordish Road, Dandenong South is taking on a state pollution order against alleged “rotten egg” smells wafting from its site.
Argus Recycling has been at the site next to Dandenong Creek since 1967. It sits just inside the border of Dandenong’s increasingly notorious industrial 2 zone.
But the open-air compost yard has apparently got on the nose of its neighbours.
Nearby manufacturers and a shopfitting company are backing the Environment Protection Authority Victoria, which recently issued a Pollution Abatement Notice.
Argus Recycling is seeking a review of the PAN at an upcoming VCAT hearing.