This is the shocking moment a dog is said to have broken off its lead and attacked three horses – sending drivers flying from their buggies.
Dashcam footage shows the out-of-control hound running at full speed into the path of the horses in Oldham, Greater Manchester, on Monday.
The dog then starts snapping at the hooves of one of the animals, which were all pulling buggies with drivers.
The horses appeared visibly spooked by the attack and rushed into oncoming traffic, while onlookers tried frantically to calm them down.
Towards the end of the clip, the dog chases one of the horses head-on towards the car with the dashcam footage.
The horse can be seen rearing up before it throws the driver off the buggy and onto the bonnet of the car.
A person, believed to be the dog’s owner, can also be seen running into the middle of the road and picking something up off the floor.
The clip has gone viral online after it was shared by Paul Mahoney on Facebook on Wednesday.
Users on social media reacted with horror to the attack, with one branding the incident ‘shameful’.
One person commented: ‘OMG. That is terrible, it could so easily have been a whole lot worse.
‘I hope everyone including the horses are OK. It needs reporting to the police. Someone could have been killed.’
Another wrote: ‘Wow omg hope all the horses are okay, can’t believe what happened.’
A third added: ‘Wow that is absolutely horrible, it actually turned my stomach to watch it, so I can’t imagine how all that were involved feel.
‘Hope everyone and the horses are alright.
‘What happened is bad enough, but watching that it could have been a completely different outcome.’