This is the sad scene that unfolded this afternoon at the far end of Neal's Pen Road Extension - a motionless horse folded up against a fence - he had been electrocuted by electric wires coming into contact with the fence and conducting electricity.

The horse belonged to a disabled teenager in the neighbourhood - it was his pride and joy - and his livelihood. But this tragic outcome stems from a problem these residents have been dealing with for years, residents who can't get a legal connection to electricity - having to steal power from the main, leading to tenuous connections and very dangerous exposed wiring.

Residents say they have been clamouring for legal connections to electricity, and they fear that the next time a live wire gets loose, the next victim to be fatally electrocuted won't be an animal.

Voice of: Marsha Belisle, Resident, Penn Road Extension
"We need to get in the proper utilities back here on Pen road extension, we are suffering back here we've had fires back here because of electrical wires, now a horse has gotten electrocuted back here I mean it could have been a child it could have been a child to get electrocuted back here we need help, proper help and we aren't talking, we are tired of talking until someone dies, literally then they will come and do something to help people back here, we need help."

"It's unfortunate that it was a horse yes and it wasn't just a horse it was a family member to us because that is the horse of Kyron Green, you understand? That child takes care of his horse, you wouldn't have wanted to see how he broke down when that happened to his horse and we broke down with him because we felt for him the same way. The horse became a family member to us. Do you understand me?"

Kyron Green, a victim of gun violence which left him paralysed in 2019, procured feed and supplies to care for his horses by selling their manure. His mother says it was a major investment for them, and it was something her son enjoyed doing in hopes of making a living by raising and selling horses.

Marsha Belisle, Resident, Penn Road Extension
"My son always wanted to be a veterinarian he has had a passion for animals from ever since he was a child, before his injuries when he was shot at the age of 10,11 he used to take care of horses, dogs he used to climb on a bucket to wash horses so it was something he loved as a passion so being that he has graduated now from Canaan High school the child had the dream to mate horses, raise them and sell them off just like how people do with dogs. Get some good breed dogs, raise them and sell them, that's how he would make his money because that was a passion he loved. So now when that happened to his horse of course he would break down, we just hope that he could have gotten breed off the other horse, the horse died trying to mate with the other horse so we are hoping the other horse gets pregnant and brings out an offspring for him."

But aside from the dangerous electrical issues in the area, for Belisle she has a bigger burden on her hands, getting her son another horse to care for.

Marsha Belisle, Resident, Penn Road Extension
"I have to try and see how I can get him back another horse miss because at the end of the day that was his passion, and I will go out of my way to get back a horse for that child, he deserves it. For being in his situation and still able to take care of that horse and it's something he loves I have to do something for him."

Those who wish to assist Kyron Green to get a new horse can contact his mother at 605-5794.