Toddler airlifted to hospital with multiple injuries after being mauled by devil dog
A TODDLER has been airlifted to hospital with multiple injuries after he was badly mauled by a dog.
The youngster, who has not been identified, was taken from a home in the Broomfield Road area of Faversham, Kent.
Police attended the address at around 2.15pm yesterday and the dog was removed from the property.
Cops have launched an inquiry into how the attack happened and no arrests have been made so far.
The toddler was taken to a London hospital with a “number of injuries,” according to police, but they are not thought to be life-threatening.
It comes after a spate of dog attacks in Britain.
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Schoolboy Jack Lis, 10, was savaged to death by an eight-stone dog known as The Beast as he visited a friend in Caerphilly, South Wales last November.
The devil dog's owners Brandon Hayden, 19, and Amy Salter, 29, were jailed earlier this month.
In June, a three-year-old girl was left badly injured after a dog savaged the toddler's face.
The same month a pensioner was savaged by a pitbull-type dog that ripped her scalp open to her skull in a horrific attack.
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Jacqueline McGrew, 75, was mauled by her pal's pet on June 15, leaving her with "life-changing" injuries.
Paula Gaughan, 32, said three-year-old Stella will need plastic surgery after she suffered deep gashes and severe bruising in the horrifying mauling.
It was also revealed earlier this month that nearly 1,700 posties were attacked by dogs last year, with some being left with permanent and disabling injuries.
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The Royal Mail statistics reveal there were 32 a week on average.
Almost 40 per cent happened at the front door, 30 per cent in the garden or driveway and 23 per cent were through the letterbox.