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A 1-month-old baby girl was tragically killed when the family’s puppy chewed the infant’s face as her mom and stepdad slept in Queens early Tuesday, cops and sources said. The baby’s mother called 911 just after 6:30 a.m. to report that her newborn was lying between the couple inside the apartment within NYCHA’s Queensbridge Houses when the pair awoke to find the 6-week-old German shepherd, pit bull mix gnawing on the baby’s face, law enforcement sources said. EMS workers responded to the unit on 12th Street near 41st Avenue, but the baby could not be saved, cops said... “She told...

An 8-year-old boy in central Florida died after he was attacked by two dogs near the entrance of a subdivision, .. The boy was attacked by the loose dogs Monday evening near Deland, Florida, located halfway between Orlando and Daytona Beach, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said .. Nearby residents administered CPR to the boy and called 911, but they were unable to save him ... The dogs were captured and were being held by the county’s Animal Services agency. Authorities said one was a pit bull and the other a mixed breed. ... his is a tragedy beyond comprehension,...

Bystanders armed themselves with anything they could to fend off two pit bull mixes as they brought a boy to the verge of death. A recent court filing disclosed the harrowing detail, as 3-year-old Minnesotan Covil Allen's fate is all but sealed. The court document also revealed the dogs were not full pit bulls, but a mix between a pit and an American bulldog. Known as American bullies, the dog's breed boasts especially powerful jaws that inflict more damage than those of any other breed. This likely proved fatal for Covil, who remains in critical condition. His family has made...

A 3-day-old baby was fatally mauled by a pet dog in front of the child's parents at their Mira Mesa home Thursday night, San Diego police said Friday. The parents were in bed, watching TV, with their newborn son and pit bull-mix dog when the mother coughed, startling the dog, child abuse unit Sgt. Tu Nguyen said. The dog reacted by biting the baby, he said. The parents pulled the animal off and raced the child to a hospital, where he was declared dead.

Toddler Mauled By Dog May Lose Ear Posted: 5:10 pm EDT April 20, 2009Updated: 5:22 pm EDT April 20, 2009 ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. -- WARNING: This story contains graphic details and may not be suitable for some readers. A 4-year-old Rockdale County boy faces skin graft surgery after a pit bull mix named “Chaos” attacked him. The boy’s mother said she literally pulled her son from the jaws of the dog and boy’s stepfather fought the dog as it kept attacking. Channel 2 Action News reporter Jeff Dore went to the hospital to talk with the boy’s stepfather about what...