AFTER reading of the horrific attack on an 11-year-old girl, I truly hope the two Staffordshire bull terriers are destroyed.

I speak as an animal lover, but surely the life of a young girl is more important. Were it not for the courage of the two men who fought off these dogs, this child could well have lost her life.

Whether its a first offence or not, there should be no quibbling, a dangerous dog is lethal -- these dogs should be destroyed.

C WILKINS-WYKE (Mrs), New Lane, Oswaldtwistle.