State investigating cause of Jordan Lake dog deaths

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HAPPENS. MARK, THANK YOU.

A FAMILY DOG IS DEAD AFTER

SWIMMING IN JORDAN, LAKE STATE

OFFICIALS. THEY'VE ORDERED

TESTING OF THAT WATER. NOW THEY

WANT TO KNOW IF A TOXIC ALGAE

BLOOM IS TO BLAME.

>> ONLY ON WRAL. WE'RE TALKING

TO THE DOG'S OWNER WHO HAS A

MESSAGE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT

TO TAKE THEIR PETS OUT ON THE

WATER. WRAL'S MATT TALHELM LIVE

AT JORDAN LAKE WITH WHAT WE

KNOW ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION

RIGHT NOW. MATT.

YET AND THE DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OR DEQ

SAID A TEAM OUT HERE TO THE

FARRINGTON POINT BOAT LAUNCH

HERE.

>> DEQ TELLS ME IT'S RECEIVED

REPORTS OF 2 DOGS BECOMING SICK

AFTER BEING.

>> TO USE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL

VEHICLE THEY WILL MAKE 3

YEAR-OLD RUBY WENT EVERYWHERE

WITH SARAH PULLING US, SPEND

MORE TIME WITH HER THAT ANYBODY

ACTUALLY INCLUDING OUT OF

JORDAN LAKE IN THE FAMILY'S

SAILBOAT, THE BROUHAHA TO LOVED

TO SAIL TO ACTUALLY STICK A

LITTLE SKIPPER DOG. THAT'S

WHERE THEY WERE SATURDAY, ALONG

WITH FRIENDS AND 2 OTHER DOGS

OR RUBY IS.

>> WOLF, AND FIGHTING ALL THE

WAVES REALLY CUTE. WE SAW WITH

THE DAY CRUISING THE CHOPPER

CAME TO AN ABRUPT END. SHE WAS.

>> LESS LESS LESS FAR. JACK

HAD SOME SHAKING.

>> IT'S MAKING SOME FUNNY

SOUNDS. THEY THOUGHT RUBY WAS

OVERHEATED BUT COLD TOWELS

DIDN'T COOLER OFF. POLAK SAYS

HER PLAYFUL PUP WAS GONE BEFORE

THEY COULD GET BACK TO THE BOAT

LAUNCH FARRINGTON POINT HER

HEART BECAUSE REALLY FIT.

>> KIND OF CAME BACK A LITTLE

AND THEN IT ONE AWAY AND COME

BACK.

>> THE AREA AROUND THIS LAUNCH

INTO THE LAKE IS WHERE STATE

INVESTIGATORS ARE FOCUSING ON

WATER TESTING TO DETERMINE IF

TOXIC BLUE-GREEN ALGAE IS

INVOLVED. IT'S ACTUALLY

POISONING FROM A BACTERIA.

SYMPTOMS IN DOGS INCLUDE

SEIZURES, PANTING, EXCESSIVE

DROOLING DIARY. IT

DISORIENTATION AND VOMITING.

DOCTOR JENNIFER FEDERICO IS

DIRECTOR OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL

SERVICES.

>> IF YOU SEE ANY OF THOSE

SIGNS OF THE BLUE GREEN ALGAE,

I WOULD NOT TAKE MY PAT THERE.

I IT'S NOT WORTH THE RISK.

IT COULD ALSO BE CAUSED BY

WATER INTOXICATION, WHICH HAS

SIMILAR SYMPTOMS THAT THEY

CONSUME A LARGE AMOUNT OF

WATER.

>> TOO MUCH WATER. IT'S VERY

RARE THAT SAYS SOMETHING

PULLING HADN'T CONSIDERED SINCE

REALLY SPENT SO MUCH TIME

AROUND WATER. I HADN'T HEARD OF

IT TILL THE DAY SHE WANTS OTHER

DOG OWNERS TO BE AWARE OF THESE

POTENTIAL DANGERS OF THIS

SUMMER. WE SAW THERE ARE PEOPLE

OUT THERE WITH THEIR DOGS

SOMEWHERE LIKE, HEY,

BE CAREFUL.

>> OUR DOG JUST DIED AND WE

DON'T KNOW WHY.

HEARTBREAKING.

>> I'M MATT TALHELM REPORTING

AT TOTALS OF THE OTHER 2 DOGS

ON THE BOAT ARE DOING FINE AT

THIS POINT. THE OWNER OF THE

DOG WHO DIED SAYS THEY DIDN'T

NOTICE ANY OF THE HARMFUL ALGAE

BLOOMS OUT THERE WHEN THEY WERE

ON THE WATER. YOU HEARD THE

EXPERTS SAY YOU LOOK TO SEE IF

YOU CAN SPOT ANYTHING

SUSPICIOUS IF YOU'RE OUT THERE

AND YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR

SOMETHING, IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE

POSSIBLY PAINT SPILLED ON THE

WATER. IT CAN BE BLUE. GREEN

RED OR BROWN. THE DEQ EXPECTS