Tougher sentence call for UK pet abusers

A petition set up demanding that two brothers receive harsher sentences for filming themselves abusing their dog has attracted hundreds of thousands of signatures.

Andrew Frankish, 22, and his brother Daniel, 19, from Redcar, Teesside, were sentenced to 21 weeks in prison, suspended for two years and a tagged curfew for six months for the horrific beating they inflicted on their pet bulldog, Baby.

They headbutted, jumped on, and threw their pet down the stairs in a series of brutal acts that were filmed on mobile phones.