Young girl savaged by family dog
Published: 10:50, 16 June 2008
A six-year-old girl is in intensive care after being attacked by the family dog.
The youngster is in a stable condition at St Thomas Hospital in London after being mauled by a Staffordshire bull terrier in Folkestone.
The dog has since been put down.
Police are investigating the attack in which the child was badly injured. Her mother was also injured.
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The pair were initially taken to the William Harvey Hospital at Ashford before the girl was moved to London for surgery.
The attack happened last Monday, June 9.
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