The stories about deadly algae that make the rounds in traditional and social media every summer should come with a warning for dog lovers: This is going to break your heart. The pattern is predictable: Someone reports a pet acting strange after taking a cooling dip in local waters, and the rush to the vet ends in vain. Two animals fell victim to toxic algae in 2006 south of Port Townsend, and then another in 2019 at the same place, Anderson Lake. In 2021 four dogs died near Spokane, and four more around the Tri-Cities. It’s an ongoing horror story.
The good news? This is
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