Two ladies have been taken to hospital after a canine assault immediately. A police helicopter was scrambled as a part of the response to the incident at Howe Bridge, Atherton, Leigh, by armed officers.
Police closed Leigh Road within the city whereas they carried out a search of the realm and a canine was seized. They had responded to stories of 1 canine attacking one other on enjoying fields this morning at Jubilee Park.
Ambulance crews have been known as because the house owners of two dogs have been injured after they tried to separate them when one attacked one other. One particular person commented on social media: “There was a feminine along with her fingers all bandaged up stepping into the ambulance.”
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Another native posted: “I’ve simply been instructed by a police officer that they attended to a canine assault the place two individuals, together with the proprietor who has been discovered, and one other canine had been attacked. The canine, an XL bully, has been seized however not but put down till its been suggested by a decide in courtroom immediately.”
In a press release Greater Manchester Police stated: “At round 11.30am this morning (Saturday 2 September), officers have been known as to stories of a canine attacking one other canine on a enjoying discipline close to Leigh Road.
“Specialist officers and emergency providers attended the scene, and the house owners of each animals have been taken to hospital with chew accidents which aren’t life threatening and never believed to be life altering.
“Initial enquries recommend that the offending canine broke free from its collar and attacked one other canine within the discipline. When each house owners tried to separate the dogs, the 2 house owners have been injured. The different canine is in severe situation and receiving remedy.
“The offending canine has been seized and an investigation will happen. No different occasion was injured throughout this remoted incident.” Armed officers and specialists from GMP’s canine unit have been deployed.
