The family of a dog who was one of four confirmed dead after exercising near a lough in Co Fermanagh, are determined to get answers in a bid to prevent others suffering the same devastation
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"As we were preparing to leave for home, Axel darted through a hole in the wall and ran onto the rocky area twice. Our other three dogs had been in swimming but he didn't like the water and he was completely dry. "There was nothing we could do, whatever killed him affected him in minutes. He suffered a horrible death, and we were right there with him and unable to help.
Axel's owners, both retired professionals, took their pup home and buried him. They bathed the other three dogs and had blood samples taken from them which all proved normal. But the following day they heard other dogs had also died after being in the same area and this week they have been told about two others - totalling six dog deaths in a matter of days.
"But when we discovered three other dogs died around the same time and after being in the same place, we concluded he must have come into contact with something that proved deadly."We asked for the NIEA to take samples and they did, but they wouldn't wait for us to meet them at the site to show them exactly where Axel had been. They also left without putting any signs up to say the area was under investigation as it was potentially dangerous to animal and potentially human life.
Axel's owners are adamant he was not in the water at any time. They said: "At this stage we do not know what killed Axel but we do not think it was the water. However all the dogs affected that we know about appear to have come in contact with a black sludge on the lakes edge. But there are no warnings about it, just about the water.
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