A heartbroken grandmother was left with no choice but to put down her family's five dogs after becoming the first person in the UK to be diagnosed with a rare animal-borne disease, writes The Mirror.
Wendy Hayes had to euthanise her beloved pets after they contracted Brucella canis from a Belarusian rescue dog she was fostering. The infected dog, Moosha, had only been with Wendy for three days before she started aborting her puppies all over the home in a "horrific" experience that lasted 17 hours.
The 61-year-old was initially put on a "stay at home" notice due to a fear of rabies - but both her and the dog were eventually diagnosed with the rare disease two months later. Human transmission of the disease is rare but, after the grandmother-of-two starting showing severe symptoms, she was tested and remains on antibiotics.
