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| Dozens of internet tributes have been posted after a one-year-old boy was mauled to death by a family dog. | Dozens of internet tributes have been posted after a one-year-old boy was mauled to death by a family dog. |
| Archie-Lee Andrew Hirst was killed by the rottweiler at his grandparents' home in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. | Archie-Lee Andrew Hirst was killed by the rottweiler at his grandparents' home in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. |
| Shocked friends have left tributes to Archie-Lee on social networking site Bebo on a page set up by his mother Becki Hirst, who has just turned 18. | |
| Police have praised the boy's 16-year-old aunt who tried to fight off the dog as it savaged Archie-Lee. | Police have praised the boy's 16-year-old aunt who tried to fight off the dog as it savaged Archie-Lee. |
| The aunt had been looking after Archie-Lee and her two sisters, aged six and seven, at the house in Chald Lane at the time of the attack on Friday afternoon. | |
| Rescue attempt | Rescue attempt |
| She kicked and struck the dog, which police said weighed between seven and 10 stone, after it pulled the boy from the arms of the seven-year-old girl. | She kicked and struck the dog, which police said weighed between seven and 10 stone, after it pulled the boy from the arms of the seven-year-old girl. |
| Det Supt Steve Payne, who is leading the investigation, said: "I have to pay tribute to the auntie, who attempted to rescue the child from the rottweiler. | Det Supt Steve Payne, who is leading the investigation, said: "I have to pay tribute to the auntie, who attempted to rescue the child from the rottweiler. |
| The boy's aunt tried to fight off the dog in the yard of the house | The boy's aunt tried to fight off the dog in the yard of the house |
| "She struck the rottweiler a number of times, but it wouldn't let go of the child." | "She struck the rottweiler a number of times, but it wouldn't let go of the child." |
| Mother Becki had previously written of her joy at motherhood on the Bebo site and had posted 48 pictures of 13-month-old Archie-Lee. | |
| Under the headline "Mummy to Archie-Lee", she wrote that she loved it when he "does his little giggle". | Under the headline "Mummy to Archie-Lee", she wrote that she loved it when he "does his little giggle". |
| "I don't no what I'd do if I didn't have him," she said. | "I don't no what I'd do if I didn't have him," she said. |
| "Can't wait till he's walking and talking, it will be great. I hope his first word is mummy, it would make me so happy." | "Can't wait till he's walking and talking, it will be great. I hope his first word is mummy, it would make me so happy." |
| Friends of his father, Damian Williamson, 20, who lives separately from Ms Hirst in the Wakefield area, have also paid tribute to Archie-Lee on his Bebo profile page. | Friends of his father, Damian Williamson, 20, who lives separately from Ms Hirst in the Wakefield area, have also paid tribute to Archie-Lee on his Bebo profile page. |
| The two-and-a-half year old rottweiler was killed by police following the attack as it was "clearly representing a potential danger to others". | The two-and-a-half year old rottweiler was killed by police following the attack as it was "clearly representing a potential danger to others". |
| The government has said it has no plans to add rottweilers to the list of dogs banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act. |