toxic, fatal to dogs -century plant grove Part 2 of 3

Century plant grove on the bike path in La Jolla, CA.
In Aug 2010, two dogs were poisoned by Century Plants on the west side of the bike path (near Via De Norte) in La Jolla. The plants have expanded into a large grove, and are a member of the agave family(large, bluish with sharp thorns on the ends and edges of the leaves).
Squirrels hide in these plants and dogs who chase them can get the very toxic juices on their fur, ingest it and become extremely sick. One of these dogs sadly did not survive and the other required extensive emergency care and hospitalization.
Keep your dogs away from these plants
- they are extremely toxic.
The toxin culprit apparently is the natural sweetener Xylitol.
http://www.westonaprice.org/modern-foods/1448-agave-nectar-of-gods.html
(http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v18je16.htm

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