On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Wirt Atmar wrote:

> Finally, in the "War of the Currents" when Edison was trying to promote DC
> and Westinghouse was promoting AC, Edison conducted a series of
> demonstrations in front of the press where he electrocuted a fair number of
> dogs, cats, pigs, and horses to show how dangerous AC was.

I seem to recall there being a film clip of an elephant also being
electrocuted, as part of a demonstration of this debate.  It was aired on
PBS, in the USA, I think.

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