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18/06/2008
Bull Terrier Kills Pet
Just a month after a dog killed a donkey - in a field near Ballyclare- a Limavady woman's pet dog has been killed by a bull terrier dog-type animal.
It killed her family's pet in their back garden despite having been reported "running stray" before the incident.
The donkey was in a field off Rashee Road last month when she sustained injuries to her face and throat that were so bad that the animal later died, despite being seen by a vet.
A Newtownabbey Borough Council spokesperson said last month a report had been received about an English bull terrier attacking the donkey.
The latest fatality was at the weekend when the Co. Londonderry resident was awakened by barking and rushed out to his garden to find the family's cross terrier being mauled.
It is believed the dog that killed it was a Staffordshire bull terrier.
"From what I hear, it got lifted before but they (the owners) got it out again," the pet's owner, Michelle Devenney said.
She said it was lucky her children were in the house at the time of the attack.
"My wee girl, she's 19 months, maybe half an hour or an hour later she'd have been out playing in the garden. It doesn't bear thinking about," she said.
Mrs Devenney said she was told by the dog pound that the animal's owner had come forward and been issued with two fixed penalties, but did not want to take the dog back.
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It killed her family's pet in their back garden despite having been reported "running stray" before the incident.
The donkey was in a field off Rashee Road last month when she sustained injuries to her face and throat that were so bad that the animal later died, despite being seen by a vet.
A Newtownabbey Borough Council spokesperson said last month a report had been received about an English bull terrier attacking the donkey.
The latest fatality was at the weekend when the Co. Londonderry resident was awakened by barking and rushed out to his garden to find the family's cross terrier being mauled.
It is believed the dog that killed it was a Staffordshire bull terrier.
"From what I hear, it got lifted before but they (the owners) got it out again," the pet's owner, Michelle Devenney said.
She said it was lucky her children were in the house at the time of the attack.
"My wee girl, she's 19 months, maybe half an hour or an hour later she'd have been out playing in the garden. It doesn't bear thinking about," she said.
Mrs Devenney said she was told by the dog pound that the animal's owner had come forward and been issued with two fixed penalties, but did not want to take the dog back.
See: NI News In Brief
(BMcC/KMcA)
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