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Dog Rips Child From Mother's Arms
It only took a second to find a story on a Rottweiler killing a child. In this case at least no one is erroneously mistaking the killer dog for a Pit Bull.
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Dog Rips Child From Mother Arms (Rottweiller Kills Girl)
KABC TV 7, Los Angeles ^ | August 2, 2004
Dog Rips Child From Mother Arms
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GLENDALE — A Rottweiller ripped a toddler out of her mother's arms in Glendale, dragged the child up a driveway and mauled her to death, police said today.
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The dog, which belongs to the victim's grandparents, pulled the child from her mother's arms about 7 last night in the 2300 block of Via Saldivar, said Sherri Servillo, a Glendale Police Department spokeswoman.
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The infant was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, Servillo said.
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The woman was housesitting for the child's grandparents, Servillo said, adding authorities received a "hysterical 911 call" after the attack.
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The dog is being held by Pasadena Animal Control, she said.
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The woman holding the child was also holding a hose and watering a lawn when the 150-pound Rottweiler attacked, said Glendale police Sgt. Tom Lorenz, calling it a "horrific and tragic incident" that has shocked crime scene investigators.
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He said the dog dragged the infant several feet down the driveway before mauling her. The mother suffered no major injuries.
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After being notified of the attack, Glendale police officers went to the place where the victim's father works in Pasadena and drove him to the hospital where his child was pronounced dead, police said.
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