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| Girl, three, mauled by family dog | Girl, three, mauled by family dog |
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| A three-year-old girl is in 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. |
| 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 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, which was owned by a family member, has been destroyed. | |
| The girl was airlifted to Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital and will be moved to the intensive care unit at the city's children's hospital later. | |
| Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance said her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening but she may need plastic surgery. | |
| Occasionally when I am walking past with my dog it is quite aggressive, always barking at the gate Dave Peregrine 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. | 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. | "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 Heartlands 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." | "Medical staff had been put on standby, but her condition on arrival was classed as "poorly" by the doctor on the aircraft." |
| Claverdon resident Dave Peregrine described the Dobermann pinscher as "protective of its patch". | |
| "Occasionally when I am walking past with my dog it is quite aggressive, always barking at the gate," he said. | |
| "I have never seen it out of its back yard so I have never had direct contact with the dog but it does seem to be protective of its patch." |