Blue-green algae blooms on Minnesota lakes are linked to a dog death and illnesses, and apparently caused by runoff pollution. The death of a dog after it frolicked in a Minnesota lake plagued with blue-green algae was a sad coda for a late summer in the state. Although no necropsy was done, a spokesperson for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said  “the circumstances and manner of death were consistent with exposure to algal toxins.” He added that the MPCA had received reports of several other sick dogs likely exposed to the algae. Compounding the sadness, the dog that died after exposure in Fox Lake, a black Lab named Sady , was a wedding gift to the dog’s owners from a friend and soldier killed in Iraq. Read more of this story »

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Dog Death Caps Summer of Blue-Green Algae in MN