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

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

Officers swooped on a home in Auchterarder, Scotland, following studies 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 by way of the city with sirens blaring, earlier than 4 officers emerged from the automobiles holding riot shields and canine management poles.

The canine – which police stated 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”, studies Mail Online. They added: “It additionally appeared 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 stated 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 advised native media: “Around 6.40pm on Friday, 23 February, 2024 we obtained a report of a person having been injured by a canine at an handle 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 steerage, a canine will 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 components of the UK.