Two-year-old severely injured after being mauled by rottweiler in China’s Chengdu


CCTV footage posted on YouTube showed the rottweiler approaching the mother and her daughter before suddenly lunging at the girl. -SCREENGRAB FROM YOUTUBE

BEIJING (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A two-year-old girl in Chengdu, China, was mauled by a rottweiler despite her mother’s desperate attempts to fend off the dog’s attack, leaving the toddler with severe injuries.

The horrific incident lasted a mere 40 seconds on Monday morning, but caused the child to be admitted into the intensive care unit with a ruptured kidney, fractured ribs and lacerations all over her body.

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