A young mum said she couldn't stop crying as she had to break the devastating news to her three-year-old son that their pet guinea pig had died after Bonfire Night. Katie Proctor, 24, says she was told by vets that her beloved pet Shadow had died of stress.
Shadow, who was only 15 weeks old, was overcome by stress and anxiety because of the constant loud bangs of fireworks outside the family home in Seacroft, outside Leeds, on Saturday. Tearful Katie took Shadow's lifeless body to the vets on Sunday, where she was reportedly told he had died of shock, Leeds Live reports.
Katie says she has been left "upset and angry" at the situation, adding that pets should be able to live without the stress of loud noises and bangs that can kill them. She said her son Alfie, three, did not understand what had happened to his beloved pet and questioned why he now only had one rather than two.
