A dad who was taking an evening walk was viciously attacked by an XL Bully, leaving him bleeding on the floor.

Resham Singh, 69, was walking along Lingfield Road, Gravesend when the animal started on him.

The dog approached him from behind and started biting him all over his body, leaving him with injuries to his arms, legs, shoulder and upper thigh. It then dragged him across the road in his flip-flops, leaving behind a pool of blood.

His son Raj Dhanda said there were "chunks of flesh on the floor" and that he remains in hospital.

He told Kent Online: "My dad managed to stop him from biting his neck. The dog carved out his forearm but luckily he didn’t hit the pulse or a nerve that would have disabled his fingers.

"There were chunks of flesh on the floor, blood clots, I’ve never seen that much blood from a human before."

"We are grateful to the residents who pulled together to support my dad. They put compressions on him before the ambulance arrived."

Resham’s wife and children arrived at the scene soon after and he was taken to Medway Maritime Hospital where he has been ever since. According to the police, the dog was identified as an XL Bully and has since been seized.

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Dhanda added: "My dad was one bite away from being killed. This dog has mauled him – it’s not an exaggeration – but luckily, he survived.

"It’s traumatic, it’s shocking, it’s saddening and there’s a little bit of anger there – not towards the dog so much but more towards the people responsible. If the dog is this dangerous, people should be able to see where they are in their vicinity.

"My dad’s still quite fit and has fight in him but he was fighting for his life. We’re lucky that he’s alive but it could have so easily been worse – if that was a kid it would have been over.

"I want to make sure the [owners] are held to account."

From February 1 2024, it is a criminal offence under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 to be in possession of an XL Bully breed type without a valid Certificate of Exemption.

It is an offence to sell an XL Bully dog, abandon an XL Bully dog or let it stray, give away an XL Bully do, breed or breed from an XL Bully dog, or have an XL Bully in public without a lead and muzzle.

It follows a series of high-profile cases of deaths caused by dogs, including grandmother Esther Martin who was declared dead at the scene in Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.