Vets and government agencies are investigating a mysterious illness linked to the deaths of dogs in at least three counties.
More than a dozen dogs have died from unexplained acute kidney failure over a six-week period after being walked by a stream in the New Forest in Hampshire. The deaths have been linked to similar cases in Worcestershire, Surrey and another site near by.
So far the vets leading the search for a cause have found few clues. They have sought help from laboratories in the US, specialists in human postmortem examinations and the Environment Agency after numerous tests came