Two puppies and two adult dogs have died after swimming in a popular lough in Co Fermanagh in the last three days.
The dogs, one of them just six months old, died within an hours of being near fresh water and concerns have been raised that they may have succumbed to toxins in algae bloom which attacked their livers.
Each of the dogs had been walking at Lough Melvin before they got sick, and for one owner, even a 15 minute dash to the vet tragically proved too long and her dogs passed away.
