Stoke-on-Trent: Boy, 4, savaged by neighbour's lurcher while in toilet

Stoke-on-Trent: Boy, 4, savaged by neighbour's lurcher while in toilet

Leon Lawlor, 4, suffered injuries to his mouth and eyelid (Picture: Stoke Sentinel/BPM Media)Horrifying pictures show the facial injuries a four-year-old suffered when he was attacked by a friend’s dog.He was left covered in blood and needed surgery after lurcher Duke savaged him on his mouth and eyelid, Stoke-on-Trent Live reports.

Toddler mauled by large French Mastiff dog while playing in park

Toddler mauled by large French Mastiff dog while playing in park

The huge dog attacked a three-year-old boy in a Stoke park (Picture: Getty/Google)A three-year-old boy was hospitalised after being mauled by an out-of-control French Mastiff.Get your need-to-know latest news, feel-good stories, analysis and more.

Thousands more pets could be abandoned in China over coronavirus, charities warn

Thousands more pets could be abandoned in China over coronavirus, charities warn

The charity Humane Society International (HSI ), which is working with 35 Chinese animal shelters, said the government-sponsored culling of street dogs in Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Wuhan, Shanxi, Shanghai has continued to stoke panic.

Snoop the dog finds new home after Snoop Dogg offered to adopt him

Snoop the dog finds new home after Snoop Dogg offered to adopt him

Snoop was abandoned in Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent on December 17 (Picture: RSPCA/PA) ‘He loves to lie on the back of the sofa and if I put the fire on he will curl up in front of it.

HEARTBREAKING: Stoke hit by SPATE of dog abandonments - 'It is DISGUSTING'

HEARTBREAKING: Stoke hit by SPATE of dog abandonments - 'It is DISGUSTING'

Peppa the abandoned dog named because of her bright pink skin (Image: RSPCA) Days after CCTV footage of a dog called Snoop being turfed out of a car went viral worldwide, animal cruelty investigators are probing two new cruelty cases in the city.

Dog owner caught on CCTV dumping pet at roadside and ‘callously’ driving away

Dog owner caught on CCTV dumping pet at roadside and ‘callously’ driving away

The latest CCTV footage shows a car in Stoke-on-Trent pulling up at the side of the road and a man leaving the passenger side carrying a dog bed and leading a black-and-white Staffordshire bull terrier-type dog.

Dog riddled with cancer found collapsed and tied up in park

Dog riddled with cancer found collapsed and tied up in park

Passers-by grew concerned after spotting him at Clissold Park, in Stoke Newington, on Wednesday (Picture: Google Maps)The charity has appealed for information and is trying to find out why someone ‘dumped’ him at a time he ‘needed them the most’.