Authorities
in Mumbai have shut down a manufacturing company after it was accused of
dumping untreated industrial waste and dyes into a local river that resulted in
11 dogs turning blue.
Footage shows the animals roaming
the streets with bright blue fur.
“It
was shocking to see how the dog’s white fur had turned completely blue,” said
Arati Chauhan, head of the Navi Mumbai Animal Protection Cell, told the Times.
“We have spotted almost five such dogs here and have asked the pollution control
board to act against such industries.”
Chauhan
had posted images of the blue dogs on the group’s Facebook page, saying the
“pollutants from Taloja Industrial area not only ruining the water bodies
affecting humans there but also affecting animals,
birds, reptiles”.
The
board investigated, shutting down the company on Wednesday after confirming
that canines were turning blue due to air and water pollution linked
to the plant.
An animal
welfare agency managed to capture one of the dogs and wash some
of the blue dye off. The group concluded that animal seemed unharmed in all
other ways.
The
Kasadi River flows through an area with hundreds of factories.
According
to data obtained by NGO Watchdog Foundation through right to information, there
are 977 chemical, pharmaceutical, engineering and food processing factories in
the Taloja industrial area, located outside Mumbai.
FROM THE DESK
OF ANIMAL RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA
www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/22/the-blue-dogs-of-mumbai-industrial-waste-blamed-for-colourful-canines
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