Man found dead by side of road after being mauled to death by own dog

Man found dead by side of road after being mauled to death by own dog The 33-year-old dog owner was discovered lifeless in a roadside ditch after being mauled to death by his own American Bulldog - police said it stood over his body when paramedics arrived on scene A man has been found dead by the side of the road after being viciously mauled by his own dog while on a walk. Police said the 33-year-old was discovered lifeless in a 'ditch' by a passerby in Lohne, Germany last Thursday, with his dog refusing to move from the man's body even when doctors and paramedics arrived at the scene. The dog was later identified as belonging to the American Bulldog breed. A postmortem found injuries consistent with a dog attack , and investigators now believe the man's own pet was responsible for his death. It has since been seized and is awaiting assessment in an animal shelter. Efforts by emergency services to provide help to the man are said to have been hampered by the dog's behaviour. READ MORE: Police reveal breed of dog after boy, 3, mauled to death at grandma's house READ MORE: Toddler mauled to death by gran's dog after climbing into doomed cage Dog expert Vanessa Bokr said it was likely the dog had attacked its owner after being stopped from chasing something. She told German pet owners' magazine PetBook : "I can well imagine that the dog might have seen something, become agitated, and its owner tried to stop it. If the social dynamics within which interactions are acceptable aren't clearly defined, then things can escalate. The dog would have turned on its owner, attacked him, and then guarded the body." American Bulldogs - a breed distinct to and much older than the American XL Bully , which is banned in the UK - have been linked to a number of fatal attacks in Britain, Europe and the US in recent years. Just last weekend, a toddler was mauled to death in the US after climbing into an American Bulldog enclosure at his grandma's house . Three-year-old Beckett Brown was left with fatal injuries after entering the outdoor dog pen at the home in New York Mills, Minnesota on Sunday. He was rushed to hospital by his grandmother, Kristen Nelson, but was pronounced dead a short time later. The grandmother was also injured as she attempted stop the attack. The dog has since been put down at the family's request, police said. An investigation into the incident - which involved a pet from the American bulldog breed - is ongoing. And on the same weekend, a baby in the United Kingdom was rushed for urgent surgery after being bitten on the face by the family's American Bulldog. South Yorkshire Police said the attack unfolded at a home in the Hyde Park area of Doncaster on Saturday. According to officers, the one-year-old suffered serious facial injuries after being mauled while on the floor - and...

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