The heartbroken father mentioned the canine had no historical past of aggressive behaviour earlier than killing the 19-year-old.
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A heartbroken father has spoken of his devastation after his teenage daughter was fatally attacked by her “greatest pal” – the household canine. Jack Biscoe, 37, mentioned that Shy, the lurcher household pet who killed Jamie-Lea, 19, had no historical past of biting or aggressive behaviour and was the “softest canine”.
Mr Biscoe tragically found his daughter at their dwelling in Leaden Roding, Essex, with a chew wound to her neck from seven-year-old feminine blue-merle lurcher, Shy. Regardless of emergency providers speeding to the scene at 10.45pm on Friday (April 10), Jamie-Lea was sadly pronounced useless on the scene. The canine was seized by police after the assault, together with two different canine, Bella and Mouse, Shy’s 18-month-old puppies. Nevertheless, Mr Biscoe, who purchased Shy as a pet at seven weeks outdated, mentioned there had been no indication the household canine was harmful and is now urging different homeowners that harmful canine usually are not “breed particular”.
Mr Biscoe urged brits to provide their canine their very own beds (Picture: BPM Media)
“My daughter was not killed by an XL Bully, she was killed by a real household canine,” he informed The Solar. “I believed I might belief that canine with my life and it took my daughter’s life. She was my daughter’s greatest pal and he or she nonetheless killed her. I misplaced my whole life on Friday when my daughter was murdered by one other member of my household.
He urged canine homeowners to deal with their pets as canine and provides them their very own beds, including: “watch out”.
He mentioned that Shy got here from a member of the family and was “probably the most loving canine you’ll ever meet”.
“It’s fairly out of the odd and never one thing I might think about any of my animals doing. That is the primary time that it’s ever occurred to me, I’ve been in canine 30 years.”
The dad-of-one, who raised Jamie-Lea alone, found her unconscious in his bed room after coming dwelling along with his accomplice Steven Daniels, 43. He tried to revive her, however was additionally attacked by Shy.
She bit off a part of his ear, which would require reconstructive surgical procedure, and left puncture wounds in his arms. The 37-year-old was later arrested on suspicion of being in control of a canine dangerously uncontrolled and inflicting damage leading to loss of life. He was launched on bail on Saturday evening (April 11).
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Colin Spender, from the Canine and Feline Behaviour Affiliation, mentioned: “It’s very uncommon for a lurcher to trigger deadly accidents. It’s unparalleled”.
Nevertheless, the knowledgeable, who has been coaching canine for over 30 years, added: “Any canine is able to inflicting severe accidents”.
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