Dogs in Chernobyl mysteriously turned blue?

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Title: Dogs in Chernobyl mysteriously turned blue?
URL: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/blue-dogs-chernobyl/
Publisher: Snopes
Date published: November 14, 2025
Description:

Claim: Images authentically show dogs with blue fur near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine.

Rating: True.
Context: Dr. Jennifer Betz, medical director for the Dogs of Chernobyl program, said there is a “0% chance that the blue color is related to radiation.”

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