A Thornhill man says he’s emotionally shaken and losing sleep after he was injured trying to stop a random and unprovoked attack on his family’s dog by a stranger in his backyard last weekend.
Ahmad Shah, 72, told the Star he was with his family at their home in the area of Centre and Brooke streets last Saturday evening when he heard cries from their 11-month-year-old German shepherd, Flambo, in the backyard.
Olivia Harbin is a staff reporter, working out of the Star’sradio room in Toronto. Reach her via email: [email protected]
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