These Stray Dogs Are Being Dyed Blue Thanks To This Irresponsible Industrial Company
People have been accessorizing their dogs for many years. They put them in bags, dress them in little clothes, use funky collars, and sometimes safely color their fur. All of these practices are acceptable as long as they are safe for the dog and do not cause fear or distress.
Famous personalities are known to start cute doggy trends, such as painting dogs to resemble other animals (tigers, giraffes, or even other breeds of dogs are popular options).
The blue dogs that have been appearing in Taloja, India, however, have not been colored safely at all, nor was the color applied intentionally.
Dogs have been seen wandering the streets looking like a bad Halloween costume. However, the truth behind what happened to them is neither cute nor funny; in fact, it's shocking and downright dangerous!
Most of these blue dogs are strays and were turned blue after a dye factory illegally dumped products into the Kasadi River. To turn blue, the dogs would have had to come into contact with this polluted water, either by falling in or jumping in! Imagine if they drank it!
As cute as this paint job could be if done safely, sadly, this dye is most likely poisonous.
And it's not just one or two poor pooches...
It is almost impossible to determine how many dogs could have been affected by this polluted water. Although SPCA workers are doing their best to help the affected dogs, many more are without assistance, and being strays, they do not have a family to care for them.
Local workers have been able to lessen the effects of the dye by washing it out in a few consecutive washes. Once the dye is removed from their fur, the dangers associated with the chemicals are somewhat reduced, but without help from people, the dye will eventually cause significant health problems.
Not to mention how dangerous it is for the company to be illegally dumping waste into the river instead of properly disposing of it.
One poor dog has even gone blind...
Fortunately, word is spreading about the company's actions, and angry people are not accepting it! The company has been put on notice and is under investigation for potential criminal activity.
This, sadly, cannot help the dogs that have already been affected, but it can help more dogs in the future to stay healthy and have safer water to drink.
Thanks to Twitter and other social media outlets, the story has spread far and wide. The more people who know about this shocking activity and speak out against it means more pressure on Indian officials to take the matter seriously and prevent it from happening again, putting more animals and people in danger.
Unfortunately, it seems that it's not just dogs being affected. Birds, insects, and any mammals that come into contact with the water are turning blue and are at risk of terrible side effects as well!
As much as we wish things like this didn't happen, they do, regularly.
Obviously, the public is reacting to the situation with a mixture of anger, confusion, disbelief, and pure heartbreak. No animal deserves to suffer from something like this...
However, there is some good news! The company has been shut down!
All thanks to the Navi Mumbai Animal Protection Cell, which took action with the support of social media attention backing them!
Thanks to all the media attention, officials acted quickly to address the situation and shut it down before angry people could take further action.
No more animals will be harmed by the poisonous dumping of that dye, but sadly, those that were affected still have to live with the consequences, and people are worried about the strays or homeless animals...
But people are also concerned about other individuals. And rightly so! If those chemicals dumped into the water were harmful enough to make a dog blind, what could they do to humans who touched the water? Or to someone who drank it? Or to the people who work in the factory, in close proximity to the dye!?
Fingers crossed that no one else is harmed by this terrible dye. And let's also hope that this incident opens the eyes of others, including companies, so that things like this won't happen again.
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