A family have been left bereft after another dog picked up their beloved pet 'like a rat' and killed it in Tameside. Harley, a miniature Jack Russell, was not even two years old when he was brutally killed at Silver Springs, near to Tameside Hospital in Ashton.
The family of three - a mum, a dad and a teenage daughter who wish to remain anonymous - say their pooch was being walked by the mum when the four-legged attacker emerged. The dog mauled little Harley to death before attacking the mum as she tried to save him - biting her ear and hand.
The mum was rushed to hospital by a passer-by while Harley was taken to a veterinary hospital, where he was sadly pronounced dead. "We are absolutely heartbroken, we are devastated," the dad told the Manchester Evening News .
