A MAJOR emergency services presence was spotted blocking off a street in Cardiff in the early hours of Wednesday morning. 

Members of the public were asked to avoid Moorland Road in the Splott area of Cardiff after police had received a report of a dog attack. 

It is understood that South Wales Police cordoned off the road and were joined at the scene by colleagues from the Welsh Ambulance Service. 

A statement was issued around 9am on Wednesday morning by South Wales Police, which confirmed that officers had been in attendance to "safeguard the public". 

The full statement read: "At 7.30am today it was reported that a woman and her dog had been bitten by another dog in a park in the Splott area of Cardiff.


"The dog – which is understood to be a German Shepherd – was without its owner and officers attended to safeguard the public.


"The incident has concluded."