XL Bully attack in South London park sparks hunt for grey coloured dog and owner after man mauled

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XL Bully attack in South London park sparks hunt for grey coloured dog and owner after man mauled

A man in South London is the latest victim of an XL Bully attack with police now hunting the dog and its owner. The victim, in his 40s, was rushed to hospital with arm injuries after he was mauled by the dog in Pasley Park in Walworth, Southwark, on Friday evening (September 22).

The owner fled the scene with the grey-coloured dog before police arrived. No arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing after officers were called to the park by the London Ambulance Service just after 6pm, police say.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: "Police were called by LAS at 18:07hrs on Friday, 22 September to Pasley Park SE17 after a man, aged in his 40s, was bitten by a dog. He was taken to hospital with injuries to his arm.

READ MORE: Devastated XL Bully owner says her pet Reggie is calm and friendly and owners should be punished

Pasley Park near Walworth in South London
The man was attacked in Pasley Park near Walworth in South London

"The owner of the dog left the scene with the dog prior to police arrival. The dog is believed to be a grey-coloured XL Bully. There have been no arrests; enquiries are ongoing."

The mauling is thought to be the latest by the XL bully breed, which is soon to be added to the Dangerous Dogs Act list following a spate of violent and sometimes fatal attacks. The dogs have been involved in a number of incidents around the UK, including in London where four-year-old Nehal Islam underwent surgery after an attack at a park in Newham.

Earlier this month 11-year-old Ana Paun was savagely attacked by an XL bully on a Birmingham street, while just a few days later Ian Price, 52, was killed defending his mother from a pair of the dogs who stormed into her garden in Staffordshire.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would ban the breed by the end of the year, as it was clear the incidents were not due to a "handful of badly trained dogs" but part of a "pattern of behaviour". But, owners will be allowed to keep registered dogs if they have them neutered and muzzle them in public, leading some experts to warn the measure does not go far enough.

happen again."

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