INVESTIGATIONS are ongoing after a man was attacked by a dog on the restricted breed list in Donegal on Sunday, June 16.
The man was jogging on the greenway between the villages of Muff and Quigley’s Point on the Inishowen peninsula when he was set upon by the dog.
The dog, understood to be a Rottweiler, was being walked on a lead but managed to break free from its owner.
The dog chased the man before biting him a number of times on the leg.
The man, aged in his 20s, received medical attention following the attack.
His injuries are not life threatening.
The dog has since been handed over to the local authority Dog Warden.
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