A family is ‘very upset’ after their ‘pretty, joyful’ dog was attacked and killed in the park.
May Barton was walking her twin sister, Edna Walker’s dog in Derby Park, Bootle, on March 22, as usual.
It was here that niece, Tracey Walker says one-year-old Cavapoo Timmy was savagely attacked by what they think might have been a ‘Pitbull cross’.
The 53-year-old said Timmy was left with a punctured stomach which caused his death.
She said: ‘My auntie takes Timmy on the same route with the same people every day. The other dog came from nowhere and she tried to pull it off.
‘The owner ran off with their dog and Timmy started to run off out the park to go home. She ran after him but he was in a bad way.
‘She took him to the vet but they said they couldn’t do anything more for him.’
Tracey’s mum is said to be ‘very upset’ after the incident.
Her daughter said Timmy was loved by the community: ‘He was a pretty friendly little thing.
‘He was lovely and joyful and everyone knew and loved him.
‘It’s so sad. People will say “It’s only a dog” but we get attached to them.
‘My mum is inconsolable. What if a child had been around?’
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