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In recent years, hundreds of people and dogs have been accidentally electrocuted while walking down the street.

From the Upper East Side to Queens to Tribeca, no part of the city has been immune to such incidents. The culprit is electric current that escapes (called "stray voltage") from uninsulated or fraying wires from 90,000 miles of underground cables. The escaping current reaches street level through metal manhole covers, grates, lamp posts, and service boxes. On the Streetzaps website, one dog is noted to have been electrocuted by a fire hydrant.

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Lyme disease in puppies is a sickness that is newly recognized. This type of dog disease is transmitted by deer ticks. Lyme disease in pets not only infects puppies but could also infect humans. The two seasons for the largest number of exposure to Lyme disease in pets is during spring through fall.

This dog disease appears mostly in the Midwestern and northwestern part of the US. Since 1975, several cases of Lyme disease in pets have been reported in more than 40 states.