Dog relieving himself at lamp-post gets electrocuted

A dog was electrocuted in northern France after urinating on a lamppost with a loose connection, officials at the townhall said.

A dog was electrocuted in northern France after urinating on a lamppost with a loose connection, officials at the townhall said.

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The three-year old Argentian mastiff named Pako was being walked by its owner in Wavrechain-sous-Denain on Sunday evening. It let out a yelp and died on the spot. The owner himself received a shock when he tried to help the dog and had to be briefly hospitalised, the townhall said.

A spokesman for the local electricity board said that the street light had been vandalised with the result that a live wire was in contact with the metal pole.