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Flint's Water Crisis Takes Toll on Pets

(11 May 2016) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus055227 (NATS) IT'S EXCITING TO BE IN A NEW PLACE … (NATS) WITH LOTS OF NEW SMELLS. (NATS) THAT IS UNTIL THESE DOGS DISCOVER THE REAL REASON THEY'RE HERE. (NATS) HUMANS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES AFFECTED BY THE WATER CRISIS IN FLINT, MICHIGAN. (NATS) DOGS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO LEAD AS WELL. THANKS TO A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS FROM THE MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE … FLINT'S CANINE RESIDENTS ALSO ARE GETTING TESTED. (NATS) SOUNDBITE: Daniel Langlois, Michigan State University (partially covered): "We are hosting a free lead screening event for dogs. It just involves taking a small blood sample from the dog, and we're testing for lead levels and other heavy metals." (NATS) KATIE JOBE (JOHB') BROUGHT IN MISSY AFTER DISCOVERING SPOTS ON HER HINDQUARTERS. SOUNDBITE: Katie Jobe, Missy's Owner (partially covered): "It could be related to the water. I don't know if it is or not, but I was just concerned that maybe she has lead in her system." LIKE MANY FLINT RESIDENTS, JOBE GAVE HER DOGS WATER FROM THE TAP NOT KNOWING LEAD FROM OLD PIPES HAD LEACHED INTO THE CITY'S WATER SUPPLY. SOUNDBITE: Katie Jobe, Missy's Owner: "I would be devastated if my dogs have lead poisoning." (NATS) STATE VETERINARIAN JAMES AVERILL (AY'-vuh-ruhl) SAYS SEVEN OUT OF THE MORE THAN 250 DOGS TESTED SO FAR HAVE ELEVATED LEVELS OF LEAD IN THEIR BLOOD. SOUNDBITE: James Averill, State Veterinarian (partially covered): "When you start getting further-, longer-term exposure to high levels of lead, then you might start seeing neurologic or brain changes. You could get seizures." GREG HOWE HOPES HIS SIBERIAN HUSKY, DIAMOND HASN'T BEEN … SOUNDBITE: Greg Howe, Brought Dog For Testing: "Poisoned like the rest of the city of Flint is." (NATS) THE WATER CRISIS … AFFECTING ANOTHER VULNERABLE POPULATION. (NATS) MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, ASSOCIATED PRESS, FLINT, MICHIGAN. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you... Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork