[Cagdu] FW: Pit Bull attacks guide dog (UK).

Tue Dec 11 21:00:38 PST 2007

Subject: Pit Bull attacks guide dog (UK).

Express & Star (UK)
Monday, December 10, 2007

Guide dog owner's pit bull terror

A blind man today told how he, his teenage son and his guide dog 
were attacked by an unleashed pit bull in the centre of 
Wolverhampton.

Kevin Lloyd was on his way home from work when the dog set upon 
his four-and-a-half-year-old dog Watson, which was pinned down 
and left with deep bite marks to his head and eyes. Mr Lloyd, 43, 
said he and Watson were rescued by staff from a bank as the pit 
bull's owner looked on from a bus stop.

"I can't believe the owner had a dog like this loose," the 
Birmingham Midshires worker said. "If it had been a smaller dog, 
or even a child, it would have been torn to pieces. I was walking 
through the city centre with my 19-year-old son Jonathon when the 
pit bull went straight for Watson.

"We tried to drag it off him but it just kept on coming back and 
pinning him down. It was a really volatile and violent dog.

"The owner was in a bus stop drinking beer with his mates. Staff 
from the Royal Bank of Scotland came to help us."

The attack happened in Princes Street at 1pm on Friday. Mr Lloyd, 
of Kent Road, Wednesbury, said: "The dog bit Jonathon on the arm 
but luckily it didn't get through his winter coat. He later said 
it was the scariest thing that had ever happened to him.

"Traumas like this can really affect guide dogs and even end 
their careers. Luckily, Watson's injuries were superficial but he 
was shaken by the whole thing. We are now looking after him at 
home."

Mr Lloyd's MP, Tom Watson, said today said he was "shocked and 
horrified" to hear of the attack and called for immediate action 
to find the dog involved.

"Mr Lloyd's dog had teeth marks and cuts around his face," the 
West Bromwich East MP said. "It is a shocking thing to happen to 
someone in a shopping area, and there should be a full inquiry."

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