2 more dogs reportedly fall ill at UK's premier dog show

In one of the biggest scandals to hit the world's biggest dog breed competition in the UK, two more dogs have taken ill, hours after a prize-winning dog died of apparent poisoning, prompting a police probe.
It is believed that jealous rival breeders poisoned an award-winning Irish Setter, which collapsed and died within 24 hours competing at Crufts, British media reported today.
Three-year-old Thendara Satisfaction, known as Jagger, came second in his class for best dog last Thursday, but on Friday he collapsed after returning to Belgium.
West Midlands Police is liaising with Crufts officials and the NEC venue in Birmingham to secure potential evidence and examine CCTV, Sky News reported.

Police in Belgium have also launched an investigation at the world's biggest dog show, run by The Kennel Club, which took place from March 5-8, it said.
Willem Lauwers said he and his wife Aleksandra, both professional dog breeders in Belgium, were "devastated" at the loss of their dog, Jagger.

Lauwers said he believed that Jagger has been purposefully targeted, saying: "There is no other option, it had to have happened [at Crufts]. How can you mistakenly poison a dog?
The family returned to Belgium with Jagger on Friday by train, arriving at their home around midnight. Soon, the dog collapsed and started shaking.

Lauwers took their dog to the clinic for an autopsy which found there were pieces of meat inside Jagger's stomach.
"When the vet opened up his stomach, she found cubes of meat - some sort of beef-like steak - and they had been sewn up with poison inside.
"She (the vet) thinks there were possibly two or three types of poison," the family said.
Aleksandra said she is now waiting for a full toxicology report to determine the time of the attack.
Meanwhile, fears about dog safety at Crufts deepened last night as one judge said that two ladies told her they believed their dogs had been poisoned.

The judge, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said: "... There was another lady with a champion bitch who was sick in the morning, then she was ok when she was shown, and when she got home she was passing blood. Both ladies thought their dogs had been poisoned," The Telegraph reported.
The Crufts, the world's largest dog show with pets competing in categories like agility and heelwork to music.
The Kennel Club confirmed Jagger's death.
"The Kennel Club is deeply shocked and saddened to hear that Jagger the Irish Setter died some 26 hours after leaving Crufts," it said in a statement.

"We understand that the toxicology report is due next week and until that time we cannot know the cause of this tragic incident," it said.