Rottweiler attack terror for Wirral familyA DOG owner has been left traumatised after seeing one of his pets
killed in a horrible turn of events after being attacked by two
on-the-loose Rottweilers.
Grandfather Kenny Phillips was on Pensby Road, Greasby, last
Thursday evening walking his pet dogs Charlie, a terrier, and his
spaniel, Jess, when the two larger unaccompanied animals ran towards them.
The Rottweilers - believed to have been reported escaped from their
owner’s garden - then tried to attack the smaller dogs as Mr
Phillips, from Greasby, attemped to shield them.
Mr Phillips’ wife Christine told the Globe: “Kenny was
desperately trying to keep the Rottweilers away from Charlie and Jess.
He scooped both of them up and put one over each of his shoulders as the Rottweilers kept jumping up at him.”
He then placed his pets on a high wall out of the Rottweilers’ reach - which was when tragedy struck.
“Poor Charlie was obviously so terried that he leapt off the
wall to get away from the Rottweilers,” said Christine.
“But as he took fright he ran straight out into the traffic
on Pensby Road and was instantly hit by a car. The poor thing
didn’t stand a chance.”
The larger animals then ran away.
Mrs Phillips said her husband was not physically hurt in the attack
but was extremely traumatised. “We just can't believe it,”
she said.
“We’re devastated. And you can only shudder to think
what the consequences may have been had there been a child with
them.”
Police explained that no actual offence had taken place.
A spokeswoman said the dogs were reunited with their owner within
30 minutes of them being reported missing. “It was a very
unfortunate incident,” she said.
Kenny and Christine Phillips with surviving pet Jess Charlie, who died after being struck by car poor Charlie