Think twice before you let them swim in a lake or pond.

在你讓牠們去湖裡或池塘游泳前，請三思。

The family you're about to meet, took their Husky swimming in a pond.

接下來你們將看到的那一家人，帶他們的哈士奇去池塘游泳。

And now that dog is dead because of toxic algae.

現在，那條狗因有毒的藻類而死。

A 10 year old boy and his dog take a dip on a hot holiday weekend.

在一個炎熱的週末，一個十歲的小男孩和他的狗去玩水。

The picture of pure summer joy.

這張照片是純真的夏日歡樂。

But 20 minutes after this video was taken at Zion National Park in Utah, July 4th weekend, the boy and his mom were in shock.

7 月 4 日美國國慶日當週的週末，他們去猶他州的錫安國家公園，但這個影片拍完的 20 分鐘後，這男孩和他媽媽都嚇到了。

Their beloved Husky puppy named Kiana was dead.

他們心愛的小哈士奇 Kiana 去世了。

She started seizing, her whole head and body was shaking.

她開始抽搐，整個頭和身體都在顫抖。

She had no control over anything in her body.

她無法控制自己身體的任一部分。

Something came over Kiana after she got out of the water.

Kiana 離開水後，就出事了。

Within about a minute, she got a little frantic, front paws bent underneath her and she was trying to walk with them, but they wouldn't work.

大概在一分鐘之內，她開始變得有點發狂，前腳蜷縮在身體下，她嘗試行走，但卻辦不到。

That was very alarming for me.

這令我非常擔憂。

They ran to get help, but it was too late.

他們跑去找人求救，但為時已晚。

The puppy that young Francis got as a birthday present just months before ...

這隻 Francis 在幾個月前得到的生日禮物小狗...

We have a new member of the family.

我們家中有個新成員了。

... was now lying lifeless on a table in a veterinarian's office.

...現在毫無生氣地躺在獸醫辦公室的桌上。

She passed away in my arms.

她在我的懷裡去世。

Dr. Jeff Werber says the dog swallowed toxic algae, which blooms this time of year.

Jeff Werber 醫生說這隻狗吞進了每年這個時候生長茂密的有毒藻類。

There's a bacterium called a cyanobacteria, which is a severe neurotoxin.

有一種細菌叫做藍菌門，它是一種強烈的神經毒素。

And it's amazing how fast it can work.

它的毒素傳導速度快的非常驚人。

It does, it kills a dog within an hour or two.

它可以在一到兩小時內讓狗喪命。

It's not an isolated incident.

這不是個案。

Last summer, these three women lost their dogs to toxic algae at a lake in Texas.

去年夏天，這三位女人的狗狗們也因德州一個湖中的有毒藻類而中毒身亡。

And when a dog is in a body of water and swimming and having fun, doing the dog paddle per se, chasing the ball, they are ingesting a lot of water in the process.

當狗狗在水中游泳、開心地玩耍、像是游狗爬式本身、或在追球的過程中，牠們都會攝入大量的水。

Whereas when we swim, we know not to.

但當我們在游泳時，我們知道別這麼做。

Experts also say: "If you think your pet has been swimming in algae, make sure to rinse them off, just in case they start licking their fur."

專家也說：「如果你發現你的寵物在有藻類的水中游泳，一定要幫牠們洗乾淨，以防牠們開始舔毛。」