Pictured: 11th Leonburger named Shiva at the center of the scare that saw 28-year-old Walker “beaten to death”.

No one walking in this green corner of England on this day will forget the woman’s screams.

Loud screams at first, then giving way to something longer, a high-pitched screech rising above the muffled roar of the M25 in the valley below. Then, all of a sudden, whimpers and finally silence.

That was terrifying enough. indelible. “He will live with me forever,” said an elderly man who came yesterday to lay flowers in honor of the as yet unidentified victim – beaten to death by the dogs she was hired to execute.

When a picture emerged yesterday of one of the dogs being walked by the woman – a large Leonberger named Shiva – it remains unclear exactly how the horror unfolded.

EXCLUSIVE FIRST PICTURE: Shiva, an 11th Leonburger, was among eight dogs with the victim. Shiva’s owner says her dog is now ‘missing’

PROBING: A police officer at the scene of the tragedy where a forensic tent had been set up

The man still doesn’t know how close he was to the scene of Thursday’s attack, but he agreed with his friend that this outburst of violence – insane and discordant – must have been like something out of a horror movie.

Few witnessed what happened. A 60-year-old woman on horseback saw some of this as she approached a hilltop flanked by a grass bank and bushes and trees at 2.30pm on the North Downs Way – a bridleway in Gravelly Hill, near Caterham, Surrey. Surrounded by dogs that were frantically pulling at her limbs, a blond woman in a beige jacket, who we later learned was 28 years old, lay on the floor, sat, but never quite managed to get up. She never did.

“When we saw her she was about 50 feet away,” the rider told the Mail on Sunday.

“She was swamped by at least four medium-sized dogs, maybe more, who attacked her, dragged her arms and sides, and she screamed and screamed.” But perhaps surprisingly, there was no barking, a chilling detail that adds another layer to the horror.

Paying respect: A woman lays flowers at the site of the dog mauling yesterday

Among the dogs that were walked were a couple of dachshunds, (left) a cockapoo (right) – the nation’s favorite breed during lockdown – a collie and Shiva (file photos)

The rider, who believes she was the last person to see the victim alive, added: “The dogs must have been on leashes because they were so close together.

“I don’t know why they started the way they did. Maybe some were fighting and she tried to intervene and she got in the way and they saw red and just kept going.

“When she saw us, she cried out: ‘Turn around, turn around!’

“I don’t understand how she could get up. If you’re lying on the ground and the dogs are attacking you like that, how could you get up? I suppose that’s where the police found them.”

How could this happen? By all accounts, this was not the work of so-called devil dogs.

Moreover, this was, in theory at least, a largely harmless bunch of dogs. Including a couple of Dachshunds, a Cockapoo – the nation’s favorite breed during lockdown – a Collie and Shiva.

When much younger, Shiva appeared on a BBC2 program about unruly puppies chewing through furniture.

Sure, the five-year-old Leonberger is huge now — about 11th — but these dogs aren’t typically aggressive.

Another woman was hospitalized and eight dogs were recovered from the scene after police responded after the 2.45pm attack on Thursday

Police were called and arrived in several cars with armed officers and paramedics half an hour after the initial attack

After Thursday’s attack, Shiva’s owner, Delia Lewis, a psychic and life coach, posted online that her dog was “missing.”

After the tragedy, police rounded up all the loose dogs. All are now in the hands of the police, their fate is unknown as they are being examined by canine specialists.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen,” one of the owners said last night. “I know the victim who died – she’s a friend – so I don’t want to say more.” Yesterday the beauty spot was back to normal.

A black police forensic tent marking the scene of the tragedy was removed and the cordon lifted in the morning, allowing somber residents to come and lay flowers at the scene. Dog walkers nodded in greeting. A few stopped to chat. There were no outward signs of Thursday’s terror other than a discarded sky-blue glove worn by one of the paramedics and left by the bridle path.

Since the attack, there have been questions about why she was walking so many dogs. Eight is just too many to control, say many experts.

Others note that dog walkers can typically charge between £15 and £20 per hour per dog.

A frequent visitor to the beauty spot saw the victim often and said she often struggled to control the dogs in her care.

Dog bites are increasing. In the last 20 years, hospital admissions for dog-related injuries in England have doubled to around 8,000 a year. It’s a problem made worse by impulse buying of dogs during Covid.

Police at the remote location of Gravelly Hill in Caterham, Surrey, where a 28-year-old woman was beaten to death by the dogs she was walking with

Horrified sources have recalled the sheer terror of the 28-year-old dog walker, who tried to keep onlookers away even as the animals – who were “like a pack of wolves” – attacked her in the remote beauty spot of Gravelly Hill in Caterham at 2.45pm Thursday

The dog population is estimated to have increased 44 percent from nine million to 13 million since the pandemic began in March 2020. Pet experts have warned that the pandemic puppy-buying boom has resulted in a generation of pets that are poorly socialized and trained, less used to being around other dogs. But it is inevitable that in the midst of Thursday’s outrage, when she faced unimaginable terror, the victim managed to warn the rider to effectively save herself and back off. A selfless act by any standards.

“Everything was so hectic,” said the rider. “It was just awful. Two of the obviously loose dogs came running towards us. One looked like a very neat cream cockatoo and the other was black.

“My horse just turned and charged down the bank. I leaned forward and finally fell near a gentleman walking his dog.

“My ribs and hip on the right side are badly injured. We wanted to trot up the hill like we thought they would [the victim] maybe got up and moved on. But when we started walking, you could hear them screaming, and I said, “We’re not going up there with horses, you don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Police at the remote location of Gravelly Hill in Caterham, Surrey, where a 28-year-old woman was beaten to death by the dogs she was walking with

Pictured: Police at the scene of the tragedy during the initial investigation

She later learned that another woman, who was walking a small dog on a leash, was attacked by one of the victim’s dogs. She was probably startled by the pack of animals in front of her because she picked up her own. “One of the dogs jumped up to her,” a source said.

“He pierced her jacket and she was badly wounded all over the side. She cried and said, “I was just attacked by a dog.” She lifted her jacket to show her wounds and then went to the hospital.” The excitement surrounding the attack is unlikely to die down anytime soon. A new nationwide policy on dog walker rules was called for yesterday to prevent further deadly attacks.

Shaun Hesmondhalgh, one of the country’s leading dangerous dog experts, has warned that there are no entry requirements for dog walkers. He said the government should try to limit the number of dogs a dog walker can take with them.

Currently, each council is responsible for establishing rules for walking dogs. including how many dogs a person can handle at one time. In the Tandridge district of Surrey, where the incident took place, walkers are required to apply for an annual license for £156.50 and are only allowed to walk six dogs at a time.

But Mr Hesmondhalgh said: “This is a tragic incident the facts of which have yet to be established.

“I can only imagine what the family is going through right now and my thoughts and feelings are with them.

“However, now is the time for the government to consider introducing a nationwide framework for dog walkers, rather than allowing individual councils to decide their own rules.”