Granada Dogs

Vet Jen Jackson tells Granada Reports how they saved Star the dog

Vets in Blackpool have managed to save a Jack Russell with a taste for gravel after she swallowed up to 80 pieces from the garden which nearly killed her.

An x-ray of 'Star's' stomach stunned staff at the PDSA in the resort after revealing the seven year old dog had wolfed down huge quantities of gravel - with dozens of them littered in her stomach.

Lesley Davidson from Preston was strolling on Blackpool promenade when she was mauled by a pit-bull type dog. Her friend was also bitten.

Lesley needed two operations, including a skin graft. The attack's led to more calls for the government to strengthen its plans to control dangerous dogs.

The Labour & Co-operative MP for Liverpool Wavertree, Luciana Berger, has told the House of Commons that new proposed laws to tackle dangerous dogs do not go far enough. She also read out the names of 16 victims who have lost their lives in dog attacks.

She has been campaigning for a change in dangerous dog laws since the death of four-year-old John Paul Massey in 2009. As well as John-Paul Massey, the list of victims include 79-year-old pensioner Clifford Clarke, who was killed by a dog in Liverpool just two weeks ago.

A man from East Lancashire has set up the region's first Husky rescue centre.

It has been established because people who buy Huskies as puppies can be left struggling to deal with the amount of exercise they need as adults.

Some owners have been abandoning their Huskies when they were no longer able to care for them.