I hope that the authorities have enough sense to do an autopsy(?) on the dog. Muslim terrorists DO use dogs to test poisons or chemicals.
I too am hoping the same.
Yes, now that you mention it, I do recall that dogs were used as toxicology test subjects. After an afternoon of not thinking about the press conference at all this bubbled to the toip, do you recall that Atta was supposed to have some skin lesions that resembled anthrax infection (sorry, I am currently quite “remote” from hearth and home and don’t have a question mark on my keyboard). :-(
In any event, these biological/chemical methodologies make pretty lousy mass killing weapons (as folks found back in WWI (distribution being one problem, and accidental self destruction being another). But for those that really don’t understand the damned stuff, (which pretty much includes the entire US population), it makes a swell terror weapon which is what the Ossamites are after. It is a “cheap date” for those without the funds or infrastructure to support a full scale extermination.