A "heartbroken" pet owner has been forced to put her five dogs to sleep after being the first person in the UK to be diagnosed with a rare animal-borne disease.
Wendy Hayes, from Stoke-on-Trent, had no choice but to euthanise her beloved dogs, after she contracted brucella canis from a Belarusian rescue dog she was fostering.
Pregnant Moosha had only been with the 61 year-old for three days before symptoms started, as she miscarried her puppies throughout the home in a "horrific" 17-hour ordeal.
