A senior surgeon at Alder Hey Children's Hospital said he is treating dog attacks on children every single day.
Dr Christian Duncan, a plastic surgeon at the children's hospital, said he is treating dog attacks on children every day. The surgeon told ITV Granada that he saw the "near decapitation" of a child after they were mauled by a dog at home.
ITV reported the north west has the highest number of hospital admissions for dog attacks in England, with bite injuries tripling in adults in the last 20 years. At the start of this month, nan Ann Dunn was attacked and killed by American bulldogs at a house on St Brigid's Crescent in Vauxhall.
