A dog has been seized by police officers in Garretts Walk in Druids Heath today (12 August) after attacking a man who was caring for it.

The man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries to his face and arms after the dog, believed to be a Staffordshire Bull terrier, attacked him in the back garden of the property.

Officers arrived at the scene within minutes, where the man managed to take shelter in a shed before the dog was locked in the house and medics could administer first aid.

An ambulance, a paramedic area support officer and the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance with a doctor on board were sent to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Ambulance crews arrived to find a man in his fifties had been seriously injured by a large dog in the back garden of his property. He apparently managed to release the dog from its grasp of his arm and escaped into a garden shed. The dog eventually went into the house giving medics and the police the opportunity to gain entry to the back garden to assess the patient.

“The man had suffered serious trauma to his right arm, facial injuries and a wound to his chest. Ambulance staff and the doctor used a tourniquet on his arm and gave pain relief before carefully dressing his wounds. Once his condition was stabilised he was transferred by land ambulance to hospital with a police escort.

Police are now trying to trace the owner of the dog and are taking statements from witnesses to establish how the incident occurred.

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