印度發現全身藍色的狗狗 疑因環境污染所致

Dogs in the suburbs of India's financial capital Mumbai are reportedly turning blue due to untreated industrial wastes being released into a river.

有報道稱，印度經濟中心孟買郊區的狗變成了藍色，可能是由於工業廢水未經處理污染了河流。

Stray dogs near Navi Mumbai's Taloja industrial area often wade into the Kasadi river for food and water.

孟買新區中，塔羅加工業區的流浪狗常常會到卡薩迪河中尋找食物或直接飲用河水。

The group filed a complaint with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), saying the untreated waste that industries were releasing directly into the river was causing suffering to the Animals.

該組織向馬哈拉施特拉污染控制委員會（MPCB）提出投訴，稱工廠將未經處理的廢物直接排入河流，使動物遭受痛苦。

Taloja is said to have nearly 1,000 pharmaceutical, food and engineering factories.

據瞭解，該區域有近千家製藥、食品以及製造業工廠。

"It was shocking to see how the dog's white fur had turned completely blue," Arati Chauhan, resident of Navi Mumbai who runs the animal protection cell said. "We have spotted almost five such dogs here and have asked the pollution control board to act against such industries," she added.

住在孟買新區的動物保護機構負責人阿拉蒂·喬漢說：“看到狗的白色皮毛完全被染成藍色真是令人震驚，我們已經在這一地區發現了五隻這樣的狗。目前我們要求污染控制委員會對這些工廠採取措施。”

MPCB officials said they had taken cognisance of the complaint. "Allowing the discharge of dye into any water body is illegal. We will take action against the polluters as they are destroying the environment," the board's regional officer Anil Mohekar said. "We have directed our sub-regional officer to investigate," he added.

MPCB的官員表示已經受理投訴。“排放染料到水體中是非法的。我們將懲罰那些污染環境的人。”委員會的區域負責人阿尼爾·摩何卡爾說道，“我們已經派遣下屬區域負責人着手調查。”

Animal rights activists are wondering if the move has come a bit too late.

儘管如此，動物權益保護者們還是質疑MPCB的表態是否過晚。

"We have only spotted blue dogs so far. We do not know if birds, reptiles and other creatures are affected or if they have even died owing to the dye discharged into the air," Chauhan said.

喬漢說：“目前爲止只是目睹了藍色的狗，我們無法得知是否有鳥類、爬行類和其他生物因爲這些排放到空氣中的染料受到影響甚至死亡。”