Dogs Destroyed After Newborn Baby's Death

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An Alaskan malamute and a collie cross were taken away after six-day-old Eliza-Mae Mullane died at her home in West Wales.



Two dogs which were seized by police following the death of a girl who was just six days old have now been destroyed.

An Alaskan malamute called Nisha and an unnamed collie cross were taken away after Eliza-Mae Mullane died at her home.

The cause of the baby's death on February 18 is not yet known and a coroner is looking at the case.

Dyfed Powys Police have not given any details about her injuries

The Alaskan malamute and the collie cross are not among the breeds banned by the Dangerous Dogs Act.

The incident happened at her home in Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire, west Wales.

A police spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that the two family dogs taken into police possession have now been destroyed.

"A file concerning the death of Eliza-Mae Mullane has now been passed to the coroner for Carmarthenshire."

The baby's parents Sharon John and Patrick Mullane described her as a "dearly loved daughter" and said they would cherish the short time they had with her.




http://news.sky.com/story/1220804/dogs-destroyed-after-newborn-babys-death

Stories like this are always a bit of an enigma for me.
On the one hand you have a child dead, which is obviously horrific.
On the other, you have them destroying the dogs which did it, which is a reasonable course of action, but always makes you feel bad [me anyway]
What you don't see is the media attacking the parents, it's common sense not to leave a newborn baby around two dogs.
 

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Did they eat the baby or something? It doesn't really say what happened. By "destroyed" do they mean "killed?"
 

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Sector said:
Did they eat the baby or something? It doesn't really say what happened. By "destroyed" do they mean "killed?"
Destroyed in the title means, the dog is hurt bad(Not physical just emotional). Because he lost his bestfriend that was a Newborn baby, pretty much what it means.
 

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Brandon‏‏ said:
hahaha i thought the same thing!

I've been literally staring at Ariana Grande for the past 10 minutes.
 

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I feel sorry for the parents. But, how fucking stupid do you have to be to leave your newborn unattended with your dogs?
 

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Disgusting that they've done this to the dogs, without even questioning the parents' stupidity or investigating further.
 

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Color said:
Disgusting that they've done this to the dogs, without even questioning the parents' stupidity or investigating further.

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Destroyed in the title means, the dog is hurt bad(Not physical just emotional). Because he lost his bestfriend that was a Newborn baby, pretty much what it means.
 

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JohnnyG said:
@Color
Destroyed in the title means, the dog is hurt bad(Not physical just emotional). Because he lost his bestfriend that was a Newborn baby, pretty much what it means.

That doesn't even make sense in the context. Why would the police take away dogs after the death of a baby, then release a statement about how sad the dogs are? It also mentions something about them not being included in an act about dangerous dogs, and that here injuries were not yet released.