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The owner has littered the sidewalk tree beds with mothballs to keep dogs off the ground. The area smells horrible of mothballs. 272 and 6th had first put out nothballs and now 269 and 6th street have done the same thing all over their lawn. The whole block smells of mothballs. They are poisonous for people and dogs.

Dog owners walking their pets could be exposed to the mothballs, and if their dog eats it, they can die.

Yes, a mothball can kill a dog, depending on the type of mothball, the dog's size, and how much the dog consumes. For example, a single mothball containing camphor or naphthalene could be fatal to a medium-sized dog. However, most dogs can tolerate a single paradichlorobenzene mothball.

I have added a link on Nextdoor where the owner admits to putting mothballs out. Somebody should report these people to the police.