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Kieran Ashley Hodges and Haron Reginald Cooper were seen heartlessly attacking Dy, a piebald cob, in April last year and have now been sentenced following a RSPCA investigation

The Mirror is calling for change through our Time for Action on Dangerous Dogs campaign as an investigation found that in two years there has been a 26 per cent hike in dog attacks

Iain Holloway made the surprise discovery after unpacking his Sainsbury's food delivery

The frog had travelled 4,300 miles from its home in the Dominican Republic

Inspectors tried feeding the dog through the letterbox but by the time they gained access to the house it was too late

The Mirror has been investigating the rising number of dog attacks in the UK after nine people were mauled to death since the start of this year

Staffy-cross Roxanne weighed a whopping 6st when she was put on a special doggy diet and took up swimming to help her on her weight loss journey to a healthier lifestyle

The Mirror today launches a campaign to overhaul the Dangerous Dogs Act after too many Brits have been killed this year in vicious dog attacks

A hamster was also found in her own exercise ball which had been taped up and left, while four ferrets were found in a bag

Questions were previously asked over what caused the birds' deaths

The neglected dogs were discovered in a house in Torquay severely malnourished, covered in faeces and infested with fleas and worms. They are currently being cared for by rescue centres across Devon and Cornwall.