A NEW website has been launched in a bid to help find out why some dogs have fallen ill when visiting woodlands across Notts and Lincolnshire.
The Animal Health Trust has created an online questionnaire for people to report incidents where their pets fell ill or perhaps even died.
Reports of the mystery sickness – dubbed Seasonal Canine Illness – first came to light in 2009 and more dogs fell ill in 2010.
The problem has also been reported in other parts of the country, including East Anglia and Warwickshire, and only seems to occur during Autumn months.
Locally the Forestry Commission has joined forces with the Environment Agency, National Trust, Notts Wildlife Trust, Notts County Council and Ashfield and Mansfield District Councils to try and solve the riddle.
Jo Atkinson from the Forestry Commission said: "Last year we had five reports of dogs falling ill, but our partner organisations also received reports.
"What we want to do is to work with the AHT to get a solid idea of the scale of the problem and understand the circumstances of each case.
"We have ruled out man-made poisons and we believe that the problem is a natural one and it also appears to be seasonal."
Forest chiefs are also in talks with Nottingham University's School of Veterinary Medicine and Science to look at setting up a research project aimed at shedding light on the illness.
The new website page can be found at www.aht.org.uk/seasonal_illness.html.
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