How many dogs must die and are our children next?

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

1) I don't know.

2) I sure as hell hope not.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Here's a link to a petition:

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

Guest=me :oops:

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

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

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 hidden]. Now I feel like I should have done more and I am so sorry.