A man feared losing his last connection to his late mum when his Jack Russell was mauled in a "shocking" attack in a Merseyside park.
Robert Byrne, 57, was walking 11-year-old Minnie in Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, on Sunday (July 21) morning when the pair were approached by three dogs, two of which were bull terriers. Robert, who had let Minnie off her lead, didn't have time to react before the dogs "latched" onto Minnie and started mauling her.
He told the ECHO : "It was just a free for all. It happened so quickly and it was a big battle getting the dogs apart. I had Minnie in the air and they were still latched on to her. She was bleeding and crying in my arms and the dogs were still trying to get her but I fended them off.
