An unruly dog savaged a police horse during a five-minute park attack on Wednesday afternoon. The dog believed to be an American Bully breed brutally attacked one of the two police horses as the two officers screamed to the owner to get the hound in control.
The incident took place at Victoria Park in Hackney, East London.
The video shows the two officers were left pleading for any of the public to “be brave” and intervene after the owner of the hound cowardly just stood by watching.
Unable to control the dog, the owner allegedly said: “Just take the dog.”
Watching the horse struggling to get the dog off, several members of the public tried to intervene with one chap using a long stick to try to get the dog away from the horses.
One of the horses is thought to have suffered leg injuries and both are traumatised after the yapping canine bit at their legs and body in the attack.
In the video, the officers were shouting “get it now”, “get the dog” and “get on with it” as they tried hard to get the dog under control.
After the attack, one officer managed to dismount the horse and shouted to get the dog on a lead immediately.
However, the owner continues to take a leisurely stroll over to the animal.
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The dog was later removed from the scene by the police.
A witness, 37, was walking her pup when she saw the other canine eyeing up the horses.
She said it was far too interested and could tell it was “looking for a fight”.
The marketing worker told The Sun: “It was shocking and scary. You could tell it was bad.
She said: “I spotted the dog and the body language was way too interested in the horses and was going over to antagonise them.
“The officers were trying to get the owner to get the dog under control and secured.
“Eventually there’s one brave witness who grabbed the dog but then the owner takes his time to go over and put the dog on the lead.
“I was apologetic that I couldn’t do anything but I was keeping my own dog on the lead and under control.”
