Swimming in the pond can be dangerous for animals: three dogs died after a walk in North Carolina

Three dogs died after walking near a pond in North Carolina, where they were poisoned by toxic algae.

Collage: ForumDaily; a photo: Facebook / Melissa Martin

According to their owners, the animals died within a few hours after visiting the reservoir, writes New York Post.

Melissa Martin and Denise Mintz said they took their pets Abby, Izzy and Harpo for a walk to a pond in Wilmington, North Carolina, on the evening of August 8th. The animals played with a ball, rolled in the mud, and also swam in the pond.

“What started as a fun evening for them ended with our biggest loss,” Martin wrote in her post on Facebookwhich has been reposted over 20 thousand times.

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“The dogs were poisoned by blue-green algae, and nothing could be done about it,” the woman added.

Within 15 minutes after leaving the pond, Abby, the West Highland White Terrier, began to have seizures and cramps.

After arriving at the veterinary hospital, Izzy also started having seizures.

Then, at 6-year-old Harpo, convulsions began and signs of liver failure were found. By midnight on August 9, all three dogs had died.

“We are devastated. I wish I could change what happened today. I would give anything to spend one more day with them,” the woman’s post says.

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According to the veterinarian, the dogs died from blue-green algae poisoning.

Martin said that she did not notice this aquatic plant, but the veterinarian explained to her that what looked like flower debris in a pond was actually a cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, and they can cause poisoning like in humans, so in animals.

The pond didn't have a sign warning about toxic algae - and Martin is determined to get authorities to install one.

“I won’t stop until I make positive changes. I can’t lose my dogs in vain,” the woman noted.

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