A Jack Russell suffered serious injuries after stumbling upon a roll of barbed wire.

Snoop went missing while owner Christine Rowley walked her alongside farmland off Panfield Lane in Braintree.

Mrs Rowley said: “We went out at about 7.30pm and she was sniffing around some bushes. I walked up a bit further then she was gone, which was not like her.

“I looked but couldn’t find her so made my way home and found her on the doorstep with her leg shredded and covered in blood."

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