2. Liquidators Were Forced To Kill Animals
Not only did human suffer in the aftermath of the explosion. Officially, people told the residents that they wouldn’t be gone long so many did not bring their pets as they believed the officials who would be the city up from the explosion would take care of them. Unfortunately, those who left their pets would never see them again because the cleaning crew was told to kill the animals they came across as officials didn’t want the animals to leave the exclusion zone.
Years later, some of the people that were asked to kill the animals described the task. One person stated that the animals were easy to shoot because they were pets and did not fear them. They were happy to see a human as they had been alone in houses, barns, or wandering around town for days to weeks. The person stated that all they had to do was call out to the animal, who would then follow the voice, which is when they would kill the animals. They were then loaded up in a dump truck.