It was odd, Borland noted, as he’d never before had problems walking Nala, a pit bull mix. “She looked very alert and kept looking off to the south,” said Borland, 55.

Bailey - a five-year-old cocker spaniel - was enjoying a walk with her owner at the beach at Blackhall Rocks, near Hartlepool, when she was allegedly attacked by a group of Pitbull-type dogs.

The cocker spaniel was being walked on the beach when it was attacked by five other Pitbull-type dogs, which were off their leads. "Tragically, the spaniel had to be put to sleep as a result of ...