All news on the topic: Dog attacks

A Nebraska mother has been accused of attempting to cover up a brutal dog attack that saw her four-year-old daughter's scalp nearly torn off by hiding bloody clothes from police

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES - Fay Hagger, of Ashford, Kent, is still traumatised after being bitten and dragged to the floor by her neighbours' pet, Mikey, and said the pain was worse than childbirth

An "XL Bully-type" dog was put down at the scene of an alleged attack as police swarmed Broughton Place, Coatbridge, in Scotland, on Thursday - with a woman, 30, arrested, Police Scotland have confirmed

An Alabama toddler was mauled to death by his neighbour's two dogs, which were kept in a pen outside in between the homes

Noah Wilson fought back the tears as he recalled the horrifying incident in Coventry this week in which he saw his dog get "eaten alive" while walking on their usual route

The can, named Canine Shield, emits a powder mist with a hissing sound for seven seconds and is designed to startle approaching dogs to allow time for people to get away

The dog attacked the child in Rochdale and left them with life-changing injuries. No-one has been arrested

Two men aged 36 and 23 were charged over the fatal attack in Lanarkshire but prosecutors are hoping that the dogs are signed over to them so they can be destroyed

Paolo Pasqualini, 39, was jogging in the woods when he came across the three Rottweilers - and was mauled to death as horrified witnesses were powerless to help

Merseyside Police have arrested a man and a woman after a boy, eight, was bitten by an XL Bully dog in Bootle and rushed to hospital with a serious head injury, as an investigation was launched

Cops confirmed they are investigating the incident which took place in Bothwell, Greater Glasgow on Friday morning and there is a suspicion it may have been an XL Bully-type hound

An interactive map has shown the locations of deadly dog attacks across the UK, with more than half caused by XL Bully Dogs, including Esther Martin in Essex last weekend

Metropolitan Police said the dog, thought to be an XL Bully, was not on the lead and was not wearing a muzzle at the time of the attack in Battersea, southwest London

The grieving family of Esther Martin, who was killed in a dog attack in Jaywick, Essex yesterday, says the animals' owner ignored warnings that they were dangerous

The grandson of Esther Martin came out "shouting for help" as two dogs attacked and killed his grandmother in Jaywick, Essex where a man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous dog offences

Michael McCafferty was injured when a dog clamped its jaws on his leg for several minutes before finally letting go, when it was shot and killed in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire

XL Bully Zeus had been rescued from England by his owner and brought to Hamilton in Scotland, but moments after happily having a treat at a local shop, it mauled his owner and was shot by police

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Kaelan Rockey, five, went to The White Hart pub in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent on Christmas Eve, with CCTV showing the horrific 'unprovoked' attack by a German Shepherd

Metropolitan Police officers were called to the street in Greenford, West London on Sunday morning where they shot dead a dog following claims it had killed another dog

More Brits are now needing plastic surgery to treat dog bites as the number of dog owners in the UK appear to have risen since the pandemic, concerned surgeons say

Louis Rowley, 22, pleaded guilty to being in charge of a dog that was dangerously out of control after the pet bit a child on the face causing injuries that left them 'permanently disfigured and scarred'

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Kimberly Boekler nearly lost her daughter Raegan in a dog attack and now wants irresponsible owners to face the consequences of not taking more care with their animals

As the first restrictions on XL Bully dogs come into place on New Year's Eve, dozens of owners walked their pets unmuzzled on the sea front in Margate ahead of the eventual ban

Sara Wallis says she is scared of dogs and believes the UK needs to introduce tougher penalties, enforce rules on breeding and selling as well as encouraging dog training

Four stray dogs were seen on CCTV camera attacking the schoolgirl in Novy Urengoy, Russia, leaving her with horrendous injuries which were mitigated by her thick, winter clothing