HORROR XL BULLY STREET ATTACK

Sickening footage shows attempts to prise teeth from retriever's head

- BY RORY CASSIDY and JOHN-PAUL CLARK

SICKENING footage has captured Scotland's latest XL bully attack as desperate passersby battled to free a golden retriever from its jaws.

The incident unfolded on Irvine High Street, Ayrshire, on Wednesday after the dog clamped its jaws on the pet's head.

In the clip, at least seven people can be seen trying to break the dogs apart with men raining kicks and punches on the dog.

One man is also shown hitting the bully with a walking stick.

The retriever can be heard yelping in pain as panicked witnesses scream and shout outside the Iceland store in the town. At one point, another man can be seen trying to push a long brush handle into the bully's jaws to prise them apart.

It is understood the attack happened after a fight broke out between two men.