DECEPTION Bay police are on alert following cases of suspected animal poisoning.

During the past week, police have received two reports of dogs dying under suspicious circumstances.

Acting Senior Sergeant Jason Higgs said they were appealing to the public for any information.

“At the moment it’s an ongoing investigation so we can’t give too many details, but to-date; we’ve had two cases of animal related cases of poisoning.”

Acting Sen Sgt Higgs said both cases of poisoning were dogs whose residences were in close proximity to each other.

“They are both deceased, which is a bit unfortunate — we did try to canvass a few options including parvovirus, but it appears to be poison.

“We are currently conducting the investigations with the Criminal Investigations Branch as well as the council and vets to determine the poisoning.”

It is not yet known how the two dogs were poisoned in what Acting Sen Sgt Higgs said was a “unique” occurrence.

“Obviously we treat these cases very seriously … it’s certainly a unique case and hopefully a one-off.”

In an unrelated incident late last year, at least 25 crows were found dead along a stretch of waterfront parks in Redcliffe, believed to have been deliberately poisoned.

Police have asked the public with information to phone 1800 333 000.