Most domestic animals were removed from the exclusion zone, but horses left on an island in the Pripyat River 6 km (4 mi) from the power plant died when their thyroid glands were destroyed by radiation doses of 150–200 Sv.
A meirande parte dos animais domésticos foron evacuados, pero os cabalos que quedaron nunha illa no río Pripyat, a 6 km da central, morreron cando as súas glándulas tiroides foron destruídas por doses de radioactividade de 150–200 Sv.