9-Year-Old Girl Injured in XL Bully Dog Attack in Birmingham

A nine-year-old girl was seriously injured in an unprovoked attack by a loose XL Bully-type dog while walking home from a shop with her mother in the Erdington area of Birmingham on Sunday, November 16.

Eva was returning to her home on Springthorpe Green, near the junction with Spiral Green in Pype Hayes, after visiting Michaels convenience store on Springthorpe Road. According to her mother, Alicia Isaura, the pair spotted two unleashed dogs nearby and Eva was told not to cross the road. One of the dogs, described as dark brown and of XL Bully type, suddenly charged at Eva as she began to run in panic. It bit her left leg, latching on with a locked jaw. The second dog, lighter in color and also reported as an XL Bully type but smaller, remained nearby without joining the attack.

Alicia Isaura recounted the ordeal, saying the family are dog owners themselves but the incident unfolded rapidly. "We were just walking back from the shop," she told reporters. "She was crying and screaming. Then she started to shiver when she was going into shock. Once these dogs lock their jaws, you can't get them off." Two men who jumped from a nearby car tried to intervene, but the dog initially...