--- description: The oldest dog in the U.K. died Monday after it was mauled to death by another dog, its owner said. title: Oldest Dog in the U.K. Mauled to Death by Another Dog image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [animals](/tag/animals/) ## animals Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Oldest Dog in the U.K. Mauled to Death  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 2, 2016 9:51 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 2, 2016 9:51 PM CUT The [oldest dog in the U.K.](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/08/02/oldest-dog-uk-savaged-death-attack/87957722/ "undefined") died Monday after it was mauled to death by another dog, its owner said. The 25-year-old Yorkshire terrier named Jack was killed during a morning walk near his home in Hartlepool when a black Lakeland terrier attacked him, the _Northern Echo_ reports. “The dog just came out of nowhere and grabbed Jack on his side,” Jack’s 70-year-old owner, Ray Bunn, told the newspaper. “I was desperate to get the dog off Jack. I punched it, but it was about three minutes before it let go.” > [](https://twitter.com/BNTeesside/status/760179876842188802) “I am still in shock,” he added. “We expected Jack to die quietly in his sleep, not in this horrible, violent way.” Jack was severely injured and succumbed to his injuries on the way to the veterinarian. Authorities are investigating the incident. “Jack was a part of our family, and we just can’t believe he has gone,” Bunn told the _Northern Echo_. “He was the oldest dog in the country, and for him to die in this way, as opposed to peacefully in his sleep, is a tragedy.” \[[_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/08/02/oldest-dog-uk-savaged-death-attack/87957722/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4436022/oldest-dog-uk-dies-mauled/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4436022/oldest-dog-uk-dies-mauled/"},"headline":"Oldest Dog in the U.K. Mauled to Death","datePublished":"2016-08-02T21:51:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:58:54.194Z","description":"\"For him to die in this way, as opposed to peacefully in his sleep, is a tragedy\"","url":"https://time.com/4436022/oldest-dog-uk-dies-mauled/","keywords":["animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/animals/","name":"animals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4436022/oldest-dog-uk-dies-mauled/","name":"Oldest Dog in the U.K. Mauled to Death"}}]}] ```