Police were called after a Staffordshire bull terrier attacked another dog in Keynsham Memorial Park.
Keynsham Memorial Park
Daniel Pope and his family from Combe Down in Bath were enjoying ice creams in the park on Wednesday afternoon, 11th June, when he heard two teenage girls screaming and crying for help as their pet was being attacked.
Daniel’s partner Lizzie told the Echo: “It was a frenzied and terrifying attack. He was the only person in the park that ran to help.”
She said that prior to the attack, the white dog, which had been running around with no collar, had come up to their two-year-old daughter and “snapped” in her face.
Lizzie said: “When Daniel managed to break up the dog fight, the dog then ran up to me and jumped up at my daughter who I was holding, and I thought it was going to attack her.
“It then went back down to carry on attacking the other poor dog.”
Daniel, who said he had to resort to kicking the Staffy to stop it, told the girls to take their dog up to the play park and shut the gate to keep it safe.
Lizzie said she rang the police twice during the incident, fearing the Staffy was going to attack a person too. She said that some school pupils who had been in the park had climbed a tree as they were so frightened.
She added that a woman from the café in the park had come down to see if she could help, and that once the injured dog had been taken to safety, a man with a lead restrained the Staffy.
Avon & Somerset Police told the Echo they received a 999 call to reports of a dog attacking another dog in the park at around 2.30pm.
“It was reported that a white Staffordshire bull terrier was loose and attacked another dog, which sustained injuries requiring its owner to take the animal to the vets to be checked over.
“A member of the public took control of the dog that was responsible for causing the injuries before we arrived.
“The owner of the Staffordshire bull terrier was located nearby, who said it had escaped from their home address.
“The dog was now acting calmly and therefore an officer helped to transport it home.
“Dog-on-dog attacks are generally dealt with by the local authority and therefore we have informed the dog warden of this incident.
“We will work with them in relation to this incident.”
