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A dog owner is mourning the loss of her pet after it was mauled by two Staffordshire Bull terrier-like animals that attacked it through a garden fence.

Grief-ridden Pauline Eaves rushed terrier cross Bluey to vets but the animal had to be put down the next day.

Despite rushing the terrier cross to vets, heartbroken owner Pauline Eaves was forced to have pet Bluey put down the next day.

Now her family fears that it's only a matter of time before the Staffies, which have reportedly have attacked others, go for a child, GrimsbyLive reports.

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Her sister Elsie Eaves said: "Bluey was the gentlest, most loving dog ever. She would never, ever have gone for another dog.

"We don't understand why these dogs have been allowed to run amok and attack other animals in their garden. They're outside unsupervised all day long. The owner is never around."

She claimed: "A man was bitten trying to get them off Bluey.

"On the day it happened, there were dozens of children playing outside with ice creams and lollies - what if they had gone for one of them?"

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Pauline, who lives in Immingham, Humberside, has been left shaken by the attack, which comes months after she lost two other dogs to illness.

Bluey was a 15-year-old Westie-Bedlington Terrier cross, who she had raised from a pup.

Elsie said: "It was incredibly hard for Pauline to have to put Bluey to sleep. She's never going to get over this. Her dogs are her life. She isn't able to get out much so they're with her every day.

"Something bad is clearly going to happen if these dogs aren't brought under control.

"The owner hasn't even said sorry to her."

The Dangerous Dogs Act makes it an offence for a dog to attack a person, but not another dog. However, the RSPCA still recommends reporting incidents like this to the police.

Pauline's family say they are considering civil action to get justice for Bluey.

Another local resident who asked not to be named says she also concerned about the dogs.

She said: "I never let my dog in the garden because I know they're always around, and it's scary when your children are playing in the garden in case something happens.

"It's not the first time they've gone for another dog either. It's happened a couple of times over the last few months.

"I'm always telling the owner that they've got loose, but he never does anything about it."