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Crufts organisers deny more dog poisoning cases

The organisers of the Crufts international dog show have denied rumours that other dogs have been poisoned at the event.

A three-year-old Irish setter called Jagger died after competing Crufts amid fears he may have been poisoned.

One of the owners of the prize-winning dog said they have lost "our love, family member and best friend to our son".

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Owner: Another breeder would not poison Crufts dog

A co-owner of a Irish Setter which died after allegedly being poisoned at Crufts said another breeder "wouldn't do something like that."

"It's out of the question," Jeremy Bott told reporters outside his home in Kilby, Leicestershire.

Mr Bott refuted suggestions the Jagger's death could have been "an inside job", saying, "I just think it's some person with a grudge against dogs or the show".

"We can't believe it's happened, they're absolutely in bits over in Belgium," he added.

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