Toddler bitten by bull-type dog outside shop as police probe attack
Police have launched a probe after a toddler was bitten by a bull-type dog outside a shop in West Lothian.
Emergency services were called to Drumshoreland Road in Pumpherston, near Livingston, after the alarm was raised at around 12pm on Friday, May 2.
Officers were responding to reports of a three-year-old boy having been bitten by a bull breed dog outside a shop on the street.
Police are now appealing for information following the horror incident.
The animal is described as a fawn coloured, stocky dog and was wearing a black harness and lead.
It left with it's owner following the attack, heading down Drumshoreland Road towards the school.
The owner is described as male, white, around 6ft tall, stocky build with light coloured short hair. He was wearing a dark top, shorts and sliders.
Constable Kirsty Forsyth, Broxburn Police Station, said: "We are appealing to the public to help trace the dog and its owner.
"Anyone with information on the dog and its owner is asked to contact 101, quoting reference 1582 of May 2, 2025."
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