Dog spends night on east London bus after being abandoned by owner

The dog was too frightened to leave the bus, which had to be taken out of service after the animal was discovered

A London bus was pulled out of service after a dog was abandoned on it (EPA)

A dog stayed on a London night bus for hours after being abandoned by its owner, prompting the driver to take to social media to find the animal's home.

The dog was nicknamed Buster by bus driver Amos Paul Mac, who spotted the Staffordshire bull terrier while he was driving the 158 bus through Leyton, East London, asking passengers on the bus who he belonged to – but nobody came forward.

Mr Amos told the Daily Mail: “I was driving the 158 bus when a dog came on at around 9.30pm. It looked like it came on with two men, but the pair soon got off.

“The dog then stayed, so I stopped the bus for five minutes and asked on the tannoy if anyone owned the dog, but nobody came forward.

“Everyone on the bus was quite sympathetic, but it seemed like the dog was on its own.”

Unable to find the owner of the dog, who was described as ‘shaking with nerves”, or persuade it to leave the bus, the vehicle was taken out of service and was driven to the depot in West Ham.

Mr Amos had offered to take the sad-looking pet home with him for the night, but his company told him it he was not allowed to take the dog home in case it bit him, and so the dog remained on the bus for the night.

Buster has now been taken in by animal welfare, who had been unable to come out to the bus the previous night, and attempts are being made to find the owner – including by bus driver Mr Amos, who shared a picture of the dog on his Facebook page and asked for help finding its owner.