Thirteen Dogs Killed In UK Storm After Wind Rips Down 11,000 Volt Cables
Thirteen pedigree dogs have been electrocuted to death in a tragic accident caused by Storm Dudley.
At around 4pm on 16 February, Storm Dudley's gale force winds cause a tree to collapse, taking a powerline of 11,000 volts with it.
The powerline fell on a kennel block at Cuckavalda Gundogs, in North Yorkshire, where it electrified the runs in which the dogs were kept, tragically killing 13 of them.
All the dogs were aged between seven months and six years
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A spokesperson for Cuckavalda Gundogs said: "Jack, Anna and Tom would like to thank everyone who have shown their concern and given help and to Grace Lane Vets for coming out."
In a Facebook post, Cuckavalda Gundogs have requested that people not telephone at the moment as they currently have a lot to sort out in the wake of this disaster.
The post names each of the dogs whose lives were tragically lost - Troy, Olive, Guy, Goldie, Port, Dill, Dora, Rick, Cora, Polly, Tilly, Ivy, Rose - and ends with "RIP you beautiful creatures - all taken far too young"
A full investigation is currently underway by Northern Power Grid.
A Northern Powergrid spokesperson said: "Storm Dudley caused a tree on a customer's land to fall and bring down a section of overhead power line onto kennels which were situated directly under the section of electricity network.
"Sadly, a number of dogs in the kennel were electrocuted. As soon as we were alerted, we isolated supplies in the YO61 and 62 areas, causing a power cut for around 680 customers.
"Our contact centre advisor also provided immediate safety advice to the customer to stay clear of the area and metal kennel.
"Power was safely restored to the majority of customers last night. We remain in contact with the customer, and our teams are on site carrying out final repairs to the section of network damaged by the storm."
Storm Dudley struck much of the UK with gale-force winds on late 16 February into the early morning of the next day, with large amounts of the UK being under either Amber or Yellow weather warnings.
And it's only set to get worse for some areas with Storm Eunice set to arrive in the early hours of Friday 18 February - with some areas being placed under a Red weather warning.
Isobel Pankhurst