Dog killed by stray voltage on New York sidewalk


Posted on May 28, 2008
By Julia Szabo

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As reported in the New York Daily News, a 7-year-old Siberian Husky named Sebastian was killed by stray voltage while out for a walk Sunday night in Queens, New York.

The dog lifted a leg to pee on a light pole, and was killed by a jolt of electricity. Sebastian's owner, Celia Sing, a civilian employee of the NYPD, is devastated. "All I did was take him for a walk. I haven't slept since this whole thing happened. I'm a walking zombie. I close my eyes and I still see him shaking."  

"He just dropped and started shaking uncontrollably," recalls Sing, who had Sebastian since rescuing him as a puppy. "He died in front of me. Why did my boy die?" She is trying to raise funds for an autopsy.  

The Department of Transportation replaced the light pole on Monday. "We're still trying to determine the cause of the stray voltage at the location," a DOT spokesman said.  

Stray voltage has been a recurrent problem throughout New York City. Last August in Manhattan, a Labrador Retriever survived a shock from a wet Con Edison manhole. In 2004, Manhattan resident Jodie Lane was killed by stray voltage while walking her two dogs over a Con Edison junction box; the dogs survived. The East Village street where the accident happened has been renamed Jodie Lane Place.

To learn more about stray voltage, as well as important safety tips, visit the web site of blogger Blair Sorrel, who has made it her mission to raise awareness of this urban hazard to pets and people. 




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this is really awful. i have a very special place for new york dogs and will work on raising awareness for this hazard. deborah www.houseandhound.blogspot.com
Posted By deborah
on May 30, 2008
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