{"id":72566,"date":"2025-05-04T01:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T01:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/72566\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T01:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T01:10:10","slug":"man-taken-to-hospital-after-dog-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/72566\/","title":{"rendered":"Man taken to hospital after dog attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The dog was seized by officers<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Aintree.jpg\" alt=\"Officers have arrested the owner of a dog after a man was bitten in Aintree this evening\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Officers have arrested the owner of a dog after a man was bitten in Aintree this evening(Image: Liverpool ECHO)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man in his 30s suffered multiple injuries to his arm and hand after being attacked by a dog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Emergency services, including Merseyside Police and the North West Ambulance Service, responded to the scene in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/aintree\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Aintree<\/a>, according to an eyewitness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Merseyside Police said they received reports around 6.15pm that a man had been bitten by a German Shepherd in the front garden of a property on Keble Drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It was reported that the owner subsequently restrained the dog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The victim was taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers attended the scene, seized the dog, and arrested its owner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Merseyside Police said: &#8220;A 62-year-old man from <a 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