Parents of 14-year-old girl who was mauled to death by pack of four dangerous dogs at her friend’s house ten years ago demand new legal crackdown to stop soaring number of fatal attacks

• Jade Lomas-Anderson was killed in 2013 when four dogs pounced on her
• She had been carrying a pie to the kitchen while visiting her friend Kimberly 
• Her parents want tougher jail terms and bans for dangerous dog owners 

The parents of a 14-year-old girl who was mauled to death 10 years ago by a pack of four dangerous dogs have demanded a new legal crackdown to halt soaring numbers of fatal attacks.

Jade Lomas-Anderson suffered fatal injuries when she was attacked by two bull mastiffs and two Staffordshire terriers while at a friend’s house on March 26, 2013.

At the time, it was only illegal to have a dangerous dog in a public places, but Jade’s parents, Shirley and Mike Anderson, fought to change the law to include private housing.

But they say it is not enough, and have now called for the law to be ‘ripped up and started again’, according to The Sunday Mirror.

Mrs Anderson, 46, said the current law is a ‘massive insult’ to her daughter’s legacy and described each new dog attack as a ‘kick in the face’ to their family. 

Jade Lomas-Anderson was visiting a friend’s house in 2013 when she was attacked by four dogs that mauled her to death

At the time, it was only illegal to have a dangerous dog in a public places, but Jade’s parents, Shirley and Mike Anderson (pictured), fought to change the law to include private housing

Friends and family attended a Candle Light Vigil Held for Jade Lomas-Anderson on March 27, 2013

‘Today, we are calling for a new standalone Jade’s Law, which we know will stop other families going through what we have,’ she added. 

The pair want tougher punishments on owners of out-of-control dogs, with harsher jail sentences and bans. 

Mr and Mrs Anderson have also suggested all dog owners be forced to undertake online tutorials and be on a police database. 

They hope to speak with Environment Secretary Theresa Coffey about reform of the law. 

‘It’s time to accept things are at breaking point,’ Mr Anderson said.

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Looking a standalone Jade’s Law, in tribute to their daughter, the couple say they don’t want dog legislation to be ‘buried in the antisocial behaviour bill’. 

It comes after data shared by MailOnline in February revealed the parts of Britain that have seen the most fatal dog attacks in recent years.

In all, there have been 18 deadly dog attacks since January 2020, with last year being the deadliest on record.

There were 12 people, ranging from a 17-month-old toddler to an 83-year-old pensioner, killed in dog attacks across England and Wales over the past 12 months – with experts pointing to several concerning trends potentially being behind the spate of disturbing killings. 

And just last week, a six-year-old girl was mauled by four dogs just before 2.40pm on Sunday as she played with a friend in a neighbouring garden in Carrington. 

Shirley and Michael Anderson (second and third left), with Julie Hilling, MP (left) for Bolton West, Angela McGlynn (second right, the mother of four-year-old John Paul Massey, who was mauled to death by a pit bull dog in Liverpool in 2009), and Luciana Berger, MP for Liverpool Wavertree, before handing in a petition at Number 10 Downing Street, central London, calling on the Government to take more action on dangerous dogs

Flowers and tributes were laid near the scene where a 14-year-old Jade Lomas-Anderson was found dead after being killed by a pack of dogs in Atherton

Michael and Shirley Anderson, parents of Jade Lomas-Anderson, who was mauled to death by dogs take petition to Number 10 Downing Street calling on the Government to take more action on dangerous dogs (pictured with Julie Hilling, MP for Bolton)

Mr Anderson called the rising numbers of dog attacks a ‘spiralling epidemic’.

‘We want justice for families,’ he said. ‘We don’t want to ban dogs. We love dogs and have two. It pains us when we see dogs being destroyed.’

But he insisted it is ‘almost always’ the owners who are dangerous, not the dogs.

Mrs Anderson spoke of her daughter, saying she would help anyone and claimed she would have been pushing for change ‘if she was here’. 

Jade and her best friend Kimberly had been celebrating the start of their Easter holidays in 2013.

They had been about to eat their lunch when Kimberly’s mother’s pet dogs pounced on Jade in a frenzied attack.

Jade had carried a pie into her friend’s kitchen when the dogs pounced on her, inflicting fatal injuries.

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