‘Bulldog-type’ dog shot dead by police after it attacked two men | UK News

A man has suffered life threatening injuries and another was also injured by a dangerously out of control dog.

Armed police were called to Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland at around 5pm this evening after a dog was reported as being dangerously out of control.

The dog first attacked a man on Loudonhill Avenue, where he suffered minor injuries, before going on to attack the second man in Tinto View.

The second man has been rushed to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow with ‘life-threatening injuries’.

Police shot and killed the dog when it tried to attack an officer. The force says they will now attempt to establish its exact breed as currently it is only described as a ‘large bulldog-type dog’.

Superintendent Steven Espie said: ‘This was a distressing incident for those involved. I would like to reassure the local community that this was a contained incident and there is no further risk to the public.

‘There will be a continued police presence in the area while our inquiries continue. Inquiries are also ongoing to establish the breed of the dog.’

The attack comes just weeks after the XL Bully breed was added to the list of dangerous dogs in England and Wales.

On December 31 it became illegal to breed, sell, advertise, rehome, abandon, or allow an XL Bully dog to stray. All XL Bullies must be muzzled and on a lead in public.

Last year, prime minister Rishi Sunak called the breed a ‘danger to communities’ after Ian Price was killed by two of the dogs while protecting his elderly mum.

Two people were arrested after a woman was attacked in North Tyneside in October, and in Merseyside two boys were left struggling to sleep after they were both attacked while they played outside their home.

An 11-year-old girl was among three people attacked by an ‘out of control’ XL Bully in September, and last October a toddler was mauled outside a hotel in London.

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