A YOUNG boy has been taken by ambulance to Perth Children’s Hospital after being bitten on the face by a dog in a Beckenham park.

The child was screaming and had blood pouring down his face following the attack, according to witnesses.

They said the brown dog was roaming around Mills Park unleashed, for about 15 minutes prior to the attack at around 5pm on Saturday.

They said they asked the owner to put the medium-sized dog on a leash and he refused.

Play Video Dozens of people have come to the aid of a child who was bitten on the face by a dog at a Beckenham park. Dozens of people have come to the aid of a child who was bitten on the face by a dog at a Beckenham park.

“The boy was bleeding a lot. He was bitten close to his eye,” one witness, who didn’t want to be named, said.

“It was scary. All the kids were crying,” she added.

The injured boy, whose age was not yet clear, was in a stable condition on Saturday night.

Police and rangers attended the scene, but witnesses didn’t believe the dog was seized.