Whole Brain Death in Newborn Attacked by a Dog

Story located at http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2012/02/16/calgary-airdrie-dog-baby-killed.html

Recently in the Canadian news the death of a newborn baby has been reported. The baby was taken home and was attacked by the family dog. Thedog was a husky and the family said that they had had no previous problems with it.

The family owns a dog sled industry. They offer a supply business for dog sledders. The dog that killed the child had been part of their team. They participated in dog races every year. They have a two year old child and the dogs had not shown any aggression towards this child before. The RCMP Inspector Tony Hamori says, “Unfortunately, it is just a very tragic event.”

The Emergency crew was called at about 10 a.m. on Wednesday. They then took the baby to the the Children's Hospital in Calgary, AB. He died later that day at 10:30 pm.

The officials took the dog into quarantine. They plan to talk to the family about its future. The police do not plan to charge the parents with anything. The police have not released any names so as to give the grievous parents privacy.

This is interesting because it deals with death. A subject that we discussed thoroughly in class. The baby suffered whole brain death when it lost blood flow to its head. This raises many questions for people such as: Why was the baby left alone, or What the dog was doing inside. There are answers to these but as there isn’t a lot of information on the subject I will answer these from what I think would be a proper answer.

As for “Why was the baby left alone?” The answer is probably the parents were letting the child play in a room while they were close by doing something. Such as cooking or talking on the phone. As they had said previously they had had no previous problems with the dog they had no reason to suspect it to kill the baby. The parents should not be blamed for any of this. At least until more information is let out.

To answer the question, “Why dog was aloud inside?” The dog may have been an inside dog. Although no conclusions can be drawn until more information is given this is my best guess.

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