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A 13-year-old boy walking his dog watched as his pet boxer died after being electrocuted on the sidewalk. The boy was walking along Western Avenue in Allston when the dog came across some wires on an older lamppost. Electricity provider, NStar, has taken full responsibility for the incident and has spoken to the family since the event. The company admits to removing a lamppost at that spot previously but not turning off the power at that site. CBS-4 reported that 14 local dogs have been electrocuted since 2002 here in the Boston-area. Last year, dog owners and their pets were being shocked while crossing over manhole covers throughout the city. Boston ordered NStar to check these sites; NStar then followed up to the request with a report explaining that 99.9% of the manholes did not have live wires. The city of Boston is not the only one with electrocutions on their sidewalks. New York City dealt with them in 2004, with one 30-year-old resident being killed when she was walking her dog over a metal plate placed on the sidewalk. Even as recent as January of this year, another story was reported about three dogs getting shocked in Brooklyn while on their daily walk. If you see anything out of the ordinary concerning electrical wires, etc. on the streets of Boston, please call NStar at 800-572-9337 and report it. Bostonist knows you might see it, but the next dog to come along might not.