Gardai investigating after pitbull savages small dog in front of mother & child

A man has described how he and others went to shield a mother and her young son from a loose Staffordshire Bull Terrier type dog after it savaged the mother and son’s small pet dog in yet another dog attack in Limerick on Tuesday night.

The eye-witness said he came upon a woman and a little boy who had been out walking their pet dog that was being attacked by a “pitbull / staffy type dog” and the woman was “covered in blood” from her own dog’s injuries as she and another passer-by tried to separate them. “Another passerby who was cycling jumped off his bike and put his arms around the man on the ground and the dog and restrained the dog even more.”

The first man to respond “just threw himself into this incident and he could have been savaged,” the witness said. “I was speaking to an operator who was quite upset as well on the phone when I was telling her what was happening. The was wearing a collar with a telephone number of the owner on it so I’m sure the Gardaí will be in contact with them.

“There must have been fifteen to twenty kids, young kids, playing in the area at the time. I didn’t get a wink of sleep last night, it was not something nice to come upon, but this definitely needs to be highlighted.”

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