A heartbroken woman was forced to tragically put down her five pet dogs after she became the first person in the UK to be diagnosed with an incredibly rare disease.
Wendy Hayes, 61, had to euthanise her beloved pets after they contracted Brucella canis from a Belarusian rescue dog she was fostering. Moosha, the infected dog, had only been in Wendy's home for three days before she started aborting her puppies all over the home in a "horrific" experience that lasted around 17 hours.
Initially, Wendy was put on a "stay at home" notice out of fear of rabies, however both she and the dog were diagnosed with the rare disease two months later. While human transmission of the disease is extremely rare, the grandmother-of-two began showing severe symptoms and still remains on antibiotics.
