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Police are hunting a Staffordshire Bull Terrier which viciously mauled a nine-year-old boy in the face.
The boy needed surgery after his lip was torn during the attack in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, on April 20.
The unnamed youngster was walking close to a school at around 5.45pm, when he was pounced on by the hound whose owner failed to bring it under control.
Staffordshire Police have now released photographs of his injuries in an appeal to track down the woman spotted with the animal.
The nine-year-old boy need needed surgery after his lip was torn by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier in Stoke-on-Trent on April 20
A force spokesman said: 'Officers are appealing for information after a nine-year-old boy was bitten by a dog in Stoke-on-Trent.
'At approximately 5:45pm on Wednesday 20 April, a boy was bitten on the face by a dog on Belgrave Road, Dresden, at the rear of Belgrave St. Bartholomew's Academy.
'He suffered facial injuries and was transported to hospital for treatment.
'Police are conducting enquiries locally and would like to speak to the owner of a large brown/ginger coloured Staffordshire Bull Terrier.'
The owner of the dog is described as being a white woman, around 5ft 6in tall, aged late 30s to early 40s and of a slim build with light brown shoulder length hair.
She was wearing sunglasses on her head at the time of the incident.
The boy was walking in this street (pictured) behind a school in Stoke-on-Trent when he was viciously attacked by the dog
She was with a man who is described
