Danger dog that mauled a beloved pet dog to death at Shrewsbury Quarry allowed to live as owner told to pay £6,200
A dangerous dog which mauled a beloved Pomeranian to death will survive another day after magistrates chose not to have him killed - but his owner has been hit in the pocket for more than £6,200.
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Jonathan Hole, aged 56, was in court after Julian, his Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross, leapt at a beloved pet Pomeranian dog named Fluffy and sunk his teeth into her in the Quarry, Shrewsbury.
Telford Magistrates Court was told on Friday (May 9) how the Pomeranian’s owner and his partner were out for a walk in the town centre park on May 25 last year.
The Pomeranian was being carried in her owner’s arms when Julian, who was being walked on a loose lead, jumped up and attacked her.
Hole grabbed Julian around the neck and tried to drag him off Fluffy. The Pomeranian dog’s owner tried to prise Julian’s jaws open and ended up with a puncture wound to his hand.
Between them, Hole and Fluffy’s owner managed to separate the dogs, but Julian went for the Pomeranian dog again and clamped his jaws down on her back legs.
Fluffy suffered “extensive” injuries and several treatments were attempted by vets but, sadly, she had to be put to sleep.
