A much-loved family pet has died after being savagely attacked by another dog while out for his evening walk.
On Wednesday evening, August 10, Anthony Wright was out walking his three-year-old Yorkshire Terrier, Wilson, around Espin Street in Walton. But when another, larger dog, came "bolting out of nowhere" from Goodison Road, the family were horrified as to what happened next.
Anthony's wife Iwona Wright told the ECHO that the other dog, which she believes to have escaped from its garden, grabbed Wilson's body and was "dragging him around" and "ragging him like a toy". She added: "He was shredded to bits, he had a big chunk taken out of his body.