Police horse suffers multiple injuries in dog attack in London park

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Police horse suffers multiple injuries in dog attack in London park

Published 19 hours ago

By Liz Jackson
BBC News

A police horse has suffered multiple injuries after it was attacked by a dog in a park in east London.

The Met said PH Urbane was attacked by the animal, which was off the lead, in Victoria Park in Bow on Wednesday.

A video posted on social media shows a dog repeatedly biting the horse, which tries to jump up and turn away.

In a post on twitter, the Met Police said PH Urbane had been removed from duty while he recovered. There are no reports of people being injured.

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(still looking for "clean" video of attack)

[LeftishBrit]

1. A huge dog with an owner who couldn't or wouldn't control it

Worryiing. If it could do that much damage to a horse, imagine what it might do to a small dog, a cat....or a child.

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2. Video (somewhat graphic) :

Shocking moment American Bulldog bites police horse multiple times in Victoria Park

The Sun

Mar 24 2023
#uknews
#breakingnews

A dog owner whose American Bully savaged two police horses in a park has revealed his "friendly" pup has now been seized by cops.

Hakan Niyazi's dog bit the animals' legs and bodies during the five-minute attack while two officers screamed for her to be put on a lead.

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