Posted on 01/07/2025 3:29:16 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two dogs are deceased after being electrocuted in a D.C. neighborhood, according to police.
The Metropolitan Police Department continues to investigate after receiving a report of two dogs being electrocuted in a Northwest, D.C. neighborhood. Police say around 7:33 p.m. on Monday night it was reported that a dog was shocked to death on a sidewalk. Pepco was notified of the incident.
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This is horrible story. The dogs were on the sidewalk with no exposed wiring visible.
Seriously, this really bothers me. It makes no sense. If it were hoodlums who were killed it wouldn't bother me, but dogs hit close to home. Heartbreaking. So sorry the owners. Imagine walking your dog normally and out of nowhere then are dead.
How were the owners walking the dogs not electrocuted?
Electrocuted means dead.
Shocked is when they live.
How do you suppose it happened? The report doesn’t include any information.
The people’s boots insulated them from the electrical current?
My guess is melted snow mixed with salt seeped beneath the sidewalk into some buried wiring. Salt and water mixed is an excellent conductor of electricity, almost like copper or silver.
No.
You - and/or a dog - can get electrocuted and not die.
The story so far —
2 dogs dead after being electrocuted
Two dogs are deceased after being electrocuted
a report of two dogs being electrocuted
it was reported that a dog was shocked to death on a sidewalk.
Yes. Electrocution also refers to injury from electric shock.
When I lived in Northern Va., there were a group of military servicemen who were erecting a flagpole at a neighborhood athletic field, when the crane accidently hit the high wires, and electrocuted like 7 or 8 instantly. That too was extremely sad.
Aww, man. That’s heartbreaking. I feel for those dogs’ human family members. 😢
kinda redefines hot dog stand...
Yes—electrocute means to execute or kill by electricity.
D..C. had 4 inches of snow, so the wire was undoubtably covered up by the snow.
That sounds likely, given no reports of anyone nearby doing anything against the dogs.
Two dogs are deceased after being electrocuted
A lot more info. here.... “not an exposed wire”
https://wjla.com/news/local/dog-dies-after-being-electrocuted-by-apartment-complex-fence-in-dc
SORRY SORRY
Among the new ones this one was 2016.
SORRY my post below was from 2016 story of another dog.
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