Witness to pain too many times

I HAVE interviewed too many mums whose children have been killed in dog attacks and the agony in their eyes is there for all to see.

Jack’s mum is one of the few brave enough to speak out about her family’s heartache.

She wants lessons to be learned and she does not want anyone else to suffer the nightmare she did.

Her son had innocently gone to another house with his friend after school to play when he was killed by an XL Bully.

But other mums are too consumed with shame to speak about their ordeal – even though they too would love to see change.

They feel guilt because their child was killed by their own pet, the dog they looked after – a dangerous dog that they brought into their own home.

Instead of support and sympathy, many grieving parents are met with abuse as trolls use capital letters to scream their insults on news sites’ comment sections.

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“A lot of these owners are wannabe gangsters,” one wrote under news of a fatality.

Another said: “The parents should be done for manslaughter, BANG the owners up and KILL the dogs.”

But if they could look into the eyes of any parent who has lost their child they would see the devastating loss and instead of attacking innocent victims they too would demand change.

Whatever the circumstances, these parents all share the same pain.

Their son’s or daughter’s bedroom lies empty and every birthday, Christmas and special occasion is a recipe for sadness and a numbing reminder of the unfillable hole in their lives.

But as one of those thousands engaging in the debate on social media said: “Nothing is going to happen with our dumbo Government.

“Dog attack after dog attack, but you can bet if an MP’s kid was badly mauled or killed there would be an all-out ban overnight.”