A little girl was left bleeding from the neck and struggling to eat after being "choked by a dog lead" while playing with a friend in the park.
10-year-old Eloise Ashley was out in Little Brow Park in Bromley Cross, Bolton, when her neck became tangled in the out-of-control dog's lead at around 6pm on Monday.
Her father Anthony Ashley told the Manchester Evening News his daughter was stroking a small dog when the much larger dog bolted towards her.
Horrified witnesses watched as the bulldog chased other animals, causing its lead to wrap around Eloise's neck in the process.
She was tangled in the lead for at least 20 seconds before managing to escape, Anthony said.
Once Eloise had been freed, the dog owner "abruptly" walked away, he added, leaving Eloise to return home in tears.
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Anthony said: "It was raised in some areas that were bleeding. It’s now been like that for three days and she has difficulty when eating and things like that.
"I had to ask them a few times to tell me the story numerous times to get my head around what actually occurred. It was difficult to picture it.
“She was crouching down and stroking the dog and apparently a man walking a large bulldog appeared and the dog bolted towards the other days. In doing so, the lead wrapped across her neck and the dog was continuing to pull and chase the other dogs and her neck was all caught in the lead.
“That lasted for a good 20 seconds or so. She was trying to get it off her but the dog was pulling so hard. My daughter’s friend was trying to help, they were able to get the lead off her neck.
"The guy basically walked off quite abruptly with that dog on the lead and left the scene. I was horrified to be honest."
