{"id":25770,"date":"2019-10-14T01:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T01:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencesensei.com\/?p=25770"},"modified":"2023-10-21T05:05:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T09:05:47","slug":"the-dog-descendants-who-survived-chernobyl-can-be-adopted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/the-dog-descendants-who-survived-chernobyl-can-be-adopted\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dog Descendants Who Survived Chernobyl Can be Adopted"},"content":{"rendered":"
You have probably heard of the disaster that occurred at the Chernobyl power plant in 1986. It was a catastrophe that caused thousands of people to experience radiation poisoning, sometimes to lethal levels. People’s hair fell out; they developed cancer, and, for decades, children were born with severe congenital disabilities.<\/p>\n
One unlikely consequence of the disaster is that today, there are hundreds of dogs from Chernobyl that are available for adoption. When the nearby city was first evacuated, people had to leave their dogs behind. Soviet soldiers shot many, but those that survived, reproduced. Over three decades later, there are hundreds of stray dogs that live in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, especially within the vicinity of the power plant.<\/p>\n
Animal charities, particularly the Clean Futures Fund, are working to make some of these dogs available for adoption, especially among American families. If you thought you had heard everything but had not heard about dogs from a radioactive region being available for overseas adoption, keep reading.<\/p>\n