Lowestoft: Fury after pet savaged by ‘XL Bully type’ dogs

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Bowser, a six-year-old Sharpie, suffered injuries so severe he had to be put down after a savage attack at a Lowestoft caravan park.

Two men have been arrested following the attack by two other dogs, both described as American bulldogs, at North Denes Holiday Park on New Year’s Eve.

Lowestoft Journal: Logan-Rai Fletch and Dominic Potts both banned from North Denes Holiday Park after New Year's Eve 2022 attackLogan-Rai Fletch and Dominic Potts have both been banned from entering North Denes Holiday Park following the attack on New Year’s Eve 2022. (Image: Newsquest)

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Bowser’s owner Kelly Tatum said the family had been left angry after Logan-Rai Fletch and Dominic Potts were allowed to keep their pets despite pleading guilty to being in charge of a dangerously out-of-control dog.

She said: “It’s frustrating for us as a family that two days after the court you see them walking their dog when your dog is no longer with us.

“It’s bittersweet and like a kick in the gut. The impact of losing Bowser on our family was terrible. He was only six years old, he still had a lot of life in him.

Lowestoft Journal: Family pet Bowser had to be put down because his injuries were so severe after he was attacked by two other dogs.The family pet Bowser had to be put down because his injuries were so severe after he was attacked by two other dogs. (Image: Kelly Tatum)

Fletch and Potts initially had their dogs seized after the attack which happened while Ms Tatum’s ex-partner was walking the family’s pets.

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Both men were sentenced to 12-month community orders Great Yarmouth Magistrates’ Court requiring them to do 180 hours of unpaid work and wait days of rehabilitation.

However, both were also sentenced to contingent destruction orders, meaning they were allowed to keep their dogs as long as they were still leashed and muzzled in public and kept in an enclosed garden at home.

Ms Tatum said: “The police told us there was no way they were going to get those dogs back. They were being monitored at the kennel because even though they were fine around people, the moment they saw another dog, they have changed completely.

“I just don’t know why these dogs were allowed back on the street with these owners.”

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