Newborn baby in Arkansas killed by family dog, police say

A new child child lady in Arkansas was killed by her household’s pet canine in a disturbing assault simply days earlier than Christmas, native police mentioned.

The injured 4-day-old toddler was rushed to a youngsters’s hospital in Springdale round noon Wednesday, Cave Springs police Lt. Keith Lawson informed KFTA.

The newborn was then flown to a youngsters’s hospital in Little Rock, the place she was pronounced lifeless.

“Based mostly on the statements of witnesses and the opinions of medical professionals, it was decided that the deadly accidents had been inflicted on the kid by the household canine,” Lawson informed the outlet.

The canine, a 3-year-old Siberian husky, has since been euthanized as required by state regulation.

Although Cave Springs authorities are reportedly investigating the toddler’s demise, they don’t suspect the household of wrongdoing.

The alarming incident is one in every of a number of latest canine assaults. Earlier this month, a St. Louis mom spoke out after being left unrecognizable after her buddy’s Labrador bit half her lip off.

In October, two youngsters had been killed and their mother was injured after the Tennessee household’s pit bulls attacked them at their residence, officers mentioned.