The mysterious blue dogs that surprise Russia: what happened to them? | the Chronicle

The mystery of these images of Russia travels the world after their publication on social media: a pack of blue stray dogs was seen near an abandoned factory in the city of Dzerzhinsk.

Residents of the town, located in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, were surprised to find the pack of stray dogs, so they alerted local authorities exclude that the phenomenon is a fact of contamination.

The dogs were seen near the Dzerzhínskoye Orgstekló factory, which only happened in 2015, when one of the largest chemical companies in the region, specializing in the production of acrylic glass and acid hydrocyanic, went bankrupt.

The first theories are based on the fact that The coloring of the fur of these dogs is caused by chemical wastes such as copper sulfate. This component can cause irritation and burning of the skin causing inflammation.

After the images were released, the authorities went to the scene to try to find the causes of the dogs’ strange coloring, in addition to carrying out medical checks on each of them.

As indicated Andrey Mislivets, who was a bankruptcy agent for the region’s chemical company, “Surely his fur was dyed with a chemical from the plant“.

“These are homeless dogs running around the area. Perhaps they have found traces of a chemical in some buildings, such as copper sulphate. Several years ago I noticed that some dogs already had dyes in unusual colors. But no one is in control. I cannot afford the costs of taking these homeless animals and sterilizing them “Mislivets said, in dialogue with the state news agency RIA Novosti.

On the other hand, he said that various animal rights organizations contacted him, who informed him that “the health of dogs is not in danger “ and “they are ready to find accommodation for each of them once the rigorous medical tests are completed“.

In the footage, the animals can be seen walking along a snow-covered road in the city of Dzerzhinsk, 370 kilometers east of Moscow, the capital of Russia.

The captured and viralized portraits provoked different reactions on social networks. On the one hand, there were people who showed their outrage at the situation that dogs are going through while, in other cases, they compared them to cartoon characters.