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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Barney Davis

Baby seriously injured in dog attack by family’s own pet

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A ten-month-old baby has been left needing surgery after he was attacked by a normally “loving and affectionate” family dog.

The Cane Corso X is said to have shown no previous signs of aggression before biting the boy as he started to cry in his Barnsley home on Tuesday morning. The baby remains in hospital in a stable but serious condition.

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