Moment crazed dog sinks its teeth into pug and refuses to let go as five bystanders try to fight it off with a chair – as police say animal has NOT been seized
This is the shocking moment a mad dog sinks its teeth into a pug and refuses to let go as bystanders try to stop the attack by fending it off with a chair.
Gruesome footage of the attack in Leith, Edinburgh, yesterday captured the moment the helpless pug whimpered in pain as he was mauled by a dog more than twice his size.
During the video, a group of five bystanders can be seen trying to loosen the dog’s tight grip on the pug, but his strength proves to be too great.
A man is heard shouting: ‘Go away, I swear to God I will kill him!’ While the man filming the video can be heard saying, “I knew that dog was in trouble when I saw it… that’s outrageous!”
At one point, the pug is lifted off the ground by his leash as the owner tries to free him, but the attack dog manages to hold on and drag him back to the ground.
Gruesome footage of the attack in Leith, Edinburgh, yesterday captured the moment the helpless pug whimpered in pain as he was mauled by a dog more than twice his size. Bystanders use a chair to combat it
The owner is seen trying to pull the pug away from the attack dog, but it does not stop biting
As the traumatized pug’s screams grow louder, a woman from a nearby pharmacy appears with a chair and tries to slam it between the two dogs in an attempt to free the injured dog.
The dog that attacked the pug in front of shocked bystanders
While other members of the group help wrestle the animal away with a chair, another woman tries to kick it until the pug is finally released.
In the video you hear a woman say: ‘Is that a dog? That’s fucking terrifying.”
Police in Scotland said they were aware of the attack, but the dog has not been seized.
They couldn’t confirm the dog’s breed, but it’s clear it’s not an XL Bully.
However, XL Bully campaign group Bully Watch condemned the attack by the ‘XL Bully-type dog’, claiming the owner had ‘no control over it’.
Shocked viewers reacted angrily to the attack, with one writing: ‘These dogs should not be owned by the public.’
Once the pug is finally released, two men hold the crazed dog to prevent it from attacking anyone else
Another wrote: ‘This animal is too powerful to be safe in the hands of untrained owners, ban them. And I love dogs, but I don’t like seeing people get torn apart any more.”
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: ‘At around 1.15pm on Monday, June 3, officers were notified that a dog had bitten another dog in the Newkirkgate area of Edinburgh.
“There are no reports of anyone being injured during the incident.
‘The owners of both dogs have been traced and given appropriate advice.’