"It has changed the way we live": The neighbourhood where residents live in fear of two 'vicious' dogs
21.06.2022 - 08:53
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
On a quiet residential street in south Manchester, neighbours have been left horrified and traumatised following a spate of violent dog attacks.
Neighbours say they have been forced to change the way they live and be on constant alert over two “big, angry” Shar Pei dogs which are frequently left out to roam Moss Side by themselves.
The dogs, who often wander unsupervised around Platt Lane and surrounding streets, are believed to have killed at least four cats in the area and bitten at least one woman - and given their close proximity to a primary school, neighbours are terrified of what could come next.
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“It’s pretty barbaric,” Stephanie*, who witnessed her neighbour Leah’s cat Burnie being killed by the dogs on 26 May, told the Manchester Evening News .
“We heard a commotion and ran outside. My daughter was ahead of me and she screamed mum, they’ve got the cat! We ran up, and they had the cat between them, one had one end and the other had the other end, and they were just playing with it.
“It was horrific”.
Leah learned of Burnie’s fate after Stephanie knocked on her door and told her what she witnessed. She had only let him out five minutes before he was attacked.
“It all happened so quickly,” she said. “I’ve had Burnie for 15 years, he’s been with me every day apart from when I’ve been on holiday. It’s really horrible, a horrible way of dying.”
She reported the incident to Greater Manchester Police (GMP), who declined to comment on the death of a cat but said the report had been passed on to their neighbourhood team.
However, the RSPCA maintain that enforcing the Dangerous Dogs Act is the responsibility of the police,