Barbaric and sickening: Owner of seven month old pup left devastated after ruthless thugs drown the dog in bathtub during robbery – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

Barbaric and sickening: Owner of seven month old pup left devastated after ruthless thugs drown the dog in bathtub during robbery




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Police in the UK are currently searching for a bunch of ruthless thugs who horrifically drowned a defenceless puppy during a home robbery.

The sickening and heartbreaking attack on the innocent dog which was just seven months old occurred on Wednesday afternoon at house in Gorleston, Norfolk.

According to reports in the UK the brutal act of animal cruelty seen the little pup a Cockapoo, named Benji, being drowned in a bathtub full of water.

Speaking to reporters the pups devastated owner Mark Phillips, aged 40, said the attackers actions were “barbaric” and he had been left “in hysterics” when he found his beloved pet in the bath.

An emotional Mark said: “They’d have to be sick, or twisted, or both, to do that,” he said. Police said it was a “particularly cruel crime”.

“Steal the dog, take him – but to do what they did was barbaric.” “We only got Benji last year, and he was such a loveable dog. Things around our house remind us of him.”

“I want to remember him as he was and not seeing him in the bath. That’s still in my head.”

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