Pet dog’s throat slashed in ‘senseless act of abuse’

The owner of a dog who died an agonising death after its throat was slashed has vowed not to rest until her pet’s killers are brought to justice.

The horrific attack on Sylvia McCarthy’s five-year-old Jack Russell, Marvin, in Cork at the weekend, prompted calls last night from animal welfare groups for tougher custodial sentences for those convicted of such barbaric animal cruelty.

Ms McCarthy, from Mayfield, said she and her children, Chelsea, 19, Zack, 13, Abby, 12 and Keeley, 7, are devastated.