How many dogs must die and are our children next?

ben · February 2006

ConEd killed another dog in Park Slope yesterday. As you can see from the picture in this article, this wasn't some little 10lb dog, it was as big as a small child. It easily could have been a child that this happened to.

This is the second dog killed by stray voltage in the past two months.

I urge anyone with concerns to contact your local councilmen/women, community board leaders, Bloomberg, ConEd, and anyone else who will listen. This problem needs to be fixed ASAP before more dogs and even people are seriously injured or killed.

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_047071107.html

drano · February 2006

1) I don't know.

2) I sure as hell hope not.

anonymous · February 2006

Subject: What street

I can't find any reference as to where this event occured.

I hope ConEd gets their act together before this happens again

ben · February 2006

It was on 3rd st. by 4th ave by the coned substation.

http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=57154

ben · February 2006

ConEd now admits that they were supposed to cut the power off on that line.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/nyregion/17shock.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

quijibo · February 2006

Ben wrote: ConEd now admits that they were supposed to cut the power off on that line.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/nyregion/17shock.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

this is so totally totally fucked up. beyond words.

i'm gonna google some names to call.

if anyone has phone #'s to share please do.

caaahyoko · February 2006

Does anyone know of any non-conductive dog booties that are available? All I can find are ones with cloth or leather bottoms. Are there ones with rubber?? Or maybe baby booties with rubber? I'd rather be safe than sorry.

amyskittysitting · February 2006

Here's a link to a petition:

http://www.petitiononline.com/Barkis/petition.html

quijibo · February 2006

caaahyoko wrote: Does anyone know of any non-conductive dog booties that are available? All I can find are ones with cloth or leather bottoms. Are there ones with rubber?? Or maybe baby booties with rubber? I'd rather be safe than sorry.

how about these:
http://www.gundogsupply.com/-950-.html

caaahyoko · February 2006

quijibo wrote:
how about these:
http://www.gundogsupply.com/-950-.html

Perfect! That would stop them from getting shocked, right? :?

caaahyoko · February 2006

Oh, darn. They're way too big. Maybe I can just make some...

carnivore · February 2006

caaahyoko wrote: Oh, darn. They're way too big. Maybe I can just make some...

An untapped market? If you make them, you should patent them!

anonymous · February 2006

Carnivore wrote:
An untapped market? If you make them, you should patent them!

hehe. Time to call my dad, the aerospace engineer! He can get the guys at Boeing to whip them up for me.

caaahyoko · February 2006

Guest=me :oops:

quijibo · February 2006

caaahyoko wrote: Perfect! That would stop them from getting shocked, right? :?

if they're 100% rubber. they shoudl be ok.

anonymous · February 2006

Subject: I am so sorry

I've been away for the week and just found this thread. I feel awful - my dog was shocked twice at the location in front of the Con Ed station in Park Slope. Maybe because he is large, shepard/routweiller, he survived. I was the person who reported it about a month ago; after telling 3 different drivers of Con Ed trucks in the Slope, and then complaining at the booth in front of the Con Ed location, I spent half the day on the phone with them. They were really helpful and I gave them a good description of where I thought it happened exactly, but they said they checked it out and found nothing. I stressed it only happened in the wet weather, because we walked that way every day for 2 months. The first time it happened, I thought it was rock salt. The 2nd time, I figured it out and we changed our route and I started complaining. They wanted me to come down in person and show them where it was, but I felt I had described it accurately and they had understood and there was nothing to be found. I did encourage them to test for it another day in wet conditions, because the day they looked it was dry. If the owner of the dog who passed wants to contact me directly, I am at [email protected]. Now I feel like I should have done more and I am so sorry.

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