A woman was bitten by a dog after stopping her car to confront a man seen "punching the dog in the face", a witness said.
The victim, in her 20s, suffered a hand injury following the incident on Blackpool's Havelock Street. Lancashire Constabulary said a man in his 40s was arrested at a property on suspicion of having a dog dangerously out of control. The dog, thought to be an XL bully, was seized, the force added. A witness said she saw a man appear to hit a dog before the incident at around 5.30pm.Emelia McPartland, 19, said she then saw a woman confronting a man in the street. She told PA: "It started on Coronation Street just outside Morrisons, this man was walking his dog, dragging the dog and shouting at it.Miss McPartland said the man walked to Havelock Street, where a passing car stopped and a woman got out.
From February 1, it became a criminal offence to own the XL bully breed in England and Wales without an exemption certificate. Anyone who owns one of the dogs must have had the animal neutered, have it microchipped and keep it muzzled and on a lead in public, among other restrictions.
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