One-year-old Cavapoo, Timmy (Picture: Liverpool Echo)
A family are ‘devastated’ after their ‘beautiful, happy’ dog was mauled to death in the park.
May Barton was walking her twin sister, Edna Walker’s dog in Derby Park, Bootle, on March 22, part of her usual route.
It was here that niece, Tracey Walker says one-year-old Cavapoo Timmy was viciously attacked by what they think may have been a ‘Pitbull cross’.
The 53-year-old said Timmy was left with a punctured stomach which ultimately led to 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 reportedly ‘devastated’ after the incident.
Her daughter said Timmy was loved by the community: ‘He was a beautiful friendly little thing.
‘He was lovely and happy 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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