Questions are swirling about what may be causing injuries to dogs on a stretch of sidewalk on the Northeast corner of Orchard Avenue and Diversey Parkway in Lakeview.
Questions are swirling about what may be causing injuries to dogs on a stretch of sidewalk on the Northeast corner of Orchard Avenue and Diversey Parkway inThe city has received several reports of dogs possibly being electrically shocked while being walked.
Similar to the first incident, Byrd describes a dog shrieking in pain, and the dog's owner traumatized. Several similar complaints sent CDOT crews out to investigate, along with ComEd, who, as of yet, haven't found anything wrong. Over the years, several cities have reported incidents of so-called "stray-voltage" impacting pedestrians and dogs, exacerbated by wet pavement, but so far there is no evidence of that in this case.