Dog attack sees man, 40, rushed to hospital as riot police scramble to scene

Riot police have been scrambled to a quiet residential avenue after an attack by an out-of-control canine.

Officers swooped on a home in Auchterarder, Scotland, following stories of a person being bitten by the animal at round 6.40pm on Friday.

Dramatic scenes noticed two riot vans and a canine unit rush via the city with sirens blaring, earlier than 4 officers emerged from the autos holding riot shields and canine management poles.

The canine – which police mentioned was not believed to belong to the XL Bully breed – was later put down. A 40-year-old man was taken to hospital following the incident and later launched.

Eyewitnesses described seeing police in protecting gear outdoors Fair City Vets within the city, with barking heard coming from the again of a van as officers sporting leg protectors tried to subdue the canine. One onlooker additionally reported witnessing a vet ready to “administer therapy or injection to the canine”, stories Mail Online. They added: “It additionally regarded like officers had been eradicating a canine right into a courtroom yard on the rear of the vets after which again into the van.”

Police are mentioned to have waited outdoors the vets for so long as three hours earlier than the canine was euthanised round midday on Saturday. A Police Scotland spokesperson informed native media: “Around 6.40pm on Friday, 23 February, 2024 we acquired a report of a person having been injured by a canine at an tackle on Eagle Avenue, Auchterarder. The 40-year-old man was taken to hospital for therapy and later launched. The canine was faraway from the property and brought to be euthanised.”

According to Police Scotland steering, a canine may be lawfully ordered to be destroyed by the police or different accountable person” if it poses an instantaneous risk to the security of the general public. Similar legal guidelines additionally exist in different elements of the UK.