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Girl, 3, mauled by dog in garden Girl, three, mauled by family dog
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A three-year-old girl has been airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries after being attacked by a dog. A three-year-old girl is in hospital with serious head injuries after being attacked by a dog.
A police spokesman said the incident happened in the garden of a house on Church Road, in the village of Claverdon, in Warwickshire. The girl received head, neck and throat injuries in the incident in the garden of a house on Church Road, in the village of Claverdon, in Warwickshire.
The Dobermann pinscher dog, which was owned by a family member, has since been destroyed, police said. The Dobermann Pinscher, which was owned by a family member, has since been destroyed, police said.
The girl received head, neck and throat injuries, which are not thought to be life-threatening. She was airlifted to Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham and it is thought she may need plastic surgery.
A spokesman for Coventry Air Ambulance told BBC News that paramedics had to sedate the girl before she was airlifted to Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham. Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance said her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
"She was taken to the A&E department and it is thought she may need plastic surgery, but it is not clear at the moment as we just stabilise and get them to hospital as soon as possible," he said. 'Stabilised on scene'
A spokesman told BBC News: "She was taken to the A&E department and it is thought she may need plastic surgery, but it is not clear at the moment as we just stabilise and get them to hospital as soon as possible."
In a statement West Midlands Ambulance service said it was alerted shortly after 1200 GMT and crews were at the scene with the air ambulance within seven minutes.
"The three-year-old had suffered serious injuries to her neck and face," a spokesman said.
"Working in difficult conditions, her condition was stabilised on scene by the doctor on the helicopter and the ambulance staff before she was flown to Hartlands Hospital in Birmingham for further treatment.
"Medical staff had been put on standby, but her condition on arrival was classed as "poorly" by the doctor on the aircraft."