The cost of an urban existence is getting too high. We all know T.O. life is hard enough - but when it starts zapping the pecker off pooches?
"Dog electrocuted in Toronto park"
TORONTO — A dog was electrocuted Tuesday after trying to relieve itself near a hydro pole in a west-end Toronto neighbourhood, the second occurrence in three months.
A 25-year-old man had been walking his five-year-old Labrador-poodle dog, Mrak, in High Park around 2:15 a.m., when the dog stepped on a metal plate at the base of a Toronto Hydro pole.
"The dog instantly lost consciousness and went into convulsions," said Toronto police Staff Sgt. Mary Shaw.
Toronto Fire and Toronto Emergency Services also attended the scene.
"CPR was performed on the dog for about 20 minutes. It was then transported to an emergency animal clinic where he later passed away," Shaw said.
Police say Toronto Hydro crews discovered a live electrical wire at the top of the pole.
"We don't have the cause of death for the dog established yet," said Karen Evans, a Toronto Hydro spokeswoman.
"We have . . . cordoned off the area and have begun an investigation."
Evans added that there is no apparent risk to the public.
The company is currently doing an "infrared investigation" for all hydro equipment throughout the city, following a similar death last November, when a German shepherd was electrocuted in the same west-end neighbourhood.
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