In today's Gazette: Staffies tore my dog apart

8:22am Friday 12th October 2012 in News

IN today's Gazette: Four Staffordshire bull terriers tore apart a tiny Lhasa Apso in front of a woman pushing a baby in a pram.

The Staffies mauled the dog to death and injured a collie in Bromley Road, Colchester.

* The family of a woman who died at Colchester General Hospital plan to take legal action despite an inquest ruling out neglect.

Jennifer Ellis, 73, of Clacton Road, Elmstead Market , died five days after being admitted to hospital.

* Essex accents are one of the best ways to get your plants to grow, a gardening expert has claimed.

Chris Bonnett spent the summer researching which accents plants respond to and found Geordies topped the list followed by the Welsh and Essex.

* Two men were stabbed in what police suspect was a drug gang attack in Heath Road, Colchester.

For more on these and other great stories, see today's Gazette. There is always more in the paper than there is online.

Comments(9)

wellnow says...
9:51am Fri 12 Oct 12

must have been horrible,have you ever seen a whippet kill a rabbit or a squirrel.the sight of a creature being torn apart in front of your eyes is not nice.nature is cruel don't blame the staff it should have been under control on a lead.

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FairPerson says...
10:27am Fri 12 Oct 12

That's awful. The poor dog

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GLADSTONE 1 says...
11:44am Fri 12 Oct 12

I feel so sorry for the lady. I just seen in the main paper the dogs have all been returned to the owner as he has refused to have them put down. This is unbelievable.

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Sdapeze says...
12:26pm Fri 12 Oct 12

Staffies are nasty dogs and usually the owners the same. I have small dogs too but make sure I always have the means with me to kill an attacking dog if necessary.

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AS1111 says...
1:21pm Fri 12 Oct 12

Staffies aren't all nasty dogs, it's the idiots like the man in the paper that's allowed to own them that give them a bad name. All dogs are capable of being like that if they're taught.

The sentences should be harsher for the man who's dogs they are, they should have been pts and are a danger to the public. Feel so sorry for the people involved, I couldn't imagine it with my own dogs.

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shyprincess says...
8:53pm Fri 12 Oct 12

I Know The Lady and Dogs Through Walking My dog Alfie , We Had Only seen them the Day Before this Happened, My Dog Always went Over To Greet Little Slossie, I Am so shocked By what Has Happened and Send My Sympathies to Mrs Dryscoll , I Can't Believe These Dogs Have Been returned, I Like Other Dog walkers In That Area are All Nervous about Taking Our Dogs Out Now

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the mighty wah says...
6:00am Sat 13 Oct 12

As an owner of a small dog i cant comprehend this happening to me. I should imagine witnessing that will stay with the owner forever. My heart goes out to the lady and dog concerned.

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Dug says...
7:09am Sat 13 Oct 12

Maybe the staffie owner needs putting down?

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Lawford Lass says...
9:23am Sat 13 Oct 12

Can I just say my youngest dog is scared to go out at the moment because three weeks ago he was attacked by a Golden Retriever, my dog was screaming which was a horrible noise to hear. Its not just Staffies, they are just the breed that get the worst press, its the owners, a certain kind, who are to blame not the breed of dog they have.

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