All news on the topic: Dangerous dogs

A dad heard growling before seeing his dog biting into his two-year-old girl's face at around 1.30pm local time (2.30am GMT) in Osborne, Port Adelaide, Australia - and immediately surrendered the hound later that day

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of owning a dangerous dog following the attack on the six-year-old today in Carrington, Greater Manchester.

A clip filmed at Pollok Country in Glasgow by a passer-by shows a dog attacking Highland cows, biting the tail and legs of one of them, before being called back by its owner

A mum claims she's been 'duped' into adopting a pit bull when she thought it was a Labrador Rottweiler mix, and has come to the 'devastating' decision she'll have to rehome the 10-week-old puppy

Coco's owner Hakan Niyazi said his dog had been seized by police following the incident and claimed he feared officers would put her down

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. Rebekka Bolline said three-year-old daughter Emily was delighted when the family adopted a rescue puppy but within 24 hours the new pet savagely attacked the child

Darren Pritchard has appeared at Dudley Magistrates' Court after being charged with two counts of having two dogs dangerously out of control. Pensioner Lucille Downer was killed in April 2021

The two pitbull type dogs are believed to have got in through a hole in the fence and attacked Lucille Downer in her own garden

Kristin Potter died after she was mauled to death by two Great Danes as her young son ran for help in Centre Township, Pennsylvania, US

A woman in her 50s got out of a car on a road in Chigwell, Essex, after spotting a dog in the road but the animal left her with a number of serious injuries as police launch an investigation

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Chris Oakes, 40, was yards from home when the animal snapped his arm, tore the skin open and ferociously bit the broken bone

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Giorgi Fulbirg-Taylor was attacked by a dog while he played football with his brother in a park - he's now being represented by a top lawyer known as 'The Dog Bite Solicitor'

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Toddler Xavier Carr, from Ohio, US was violently attacked in his own home while his family was dog-sitting a Belgian Malinois on March 2

Police drone footage captured a man stuck up a tree in the pitch black darkness after his XL Bully dog bit him, before officers intervened and rescued him

Five-year-old toy breed Pixie died when she was attacked by the dog on Croy Shore Beach, near Ayr, in Scotland during a walk with her devastated owner.

Anne Shields, 67, sustained “catastrophic” head and arm injuries after the dog suddenly turned on her at her holiday home in Valencia, Spain three days after she rescued the animal

WARNING DISTRESSING IMAGES: Jacqueline Durand was bitten more than 800 times by the dogs she'd been hired to look after, and has now shared images of her facial reconstruction surgery

Woman, 18, suffered severe facial injuries and needed 28 stitches after she was savaged by a friend's English bull terrier when it turned on her as she was sitting on sofa

Marcus Kizaza was at his home in North Fort, Texas when the two pit bulls chased him and bit part of his face off. Neighbours found his nose later and he underwent surgeries to have it reattached

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES. Olivia Quast, 30, from Connecticut, US, was wearing a UV light teeth-whitening mouth guard when she went to feed her boyfriend's 6-year-old rescue dog. Her nose was then torn off

From compulsory muzzling outside to mandatory training for would-be owners, Mirror readers share their suggestions on how best to curb the crisis sweeping the UK

Trinity Rowles, 20, has undergone four extensive reconstruction surgeries to her face after she was attacked last year by her dad's 100lb rescue Pitbull and Bully in Pennsylvania, US

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES Toddler Lily Norton, from Maine US, was on a play date with a friend when she was viciously mauled by a pit bull. She suffered wounds under her eyes and to the top of her throat

A Sunday People investigation has found the number of dog attacks reported to police has risen 46% with experts warning the cost of living crisis could make the situation worse

Firefighters were dispatched to the west side of San Antonio, Texas, US after three Staffordshire Bull Terriers dragged an elderly man to his death and caused injuries to two others