Yet again, another heart breaking story of a K9-Caused death.
I stumbled on this news earlier Today, and it was so heart breaking. Not just the incident, but also the fact that this would make more people see Dogs as wild beasts that kill babies and attack adults.
According to Punch News.
You would recall the incident about the taxi driver mauled by dogs which i wrote about here - 7 Doga Attack Driver In Lagos
Now I ask myself, Why would a dog that has been good to this kid suddenly react?
Dogs are not crazy animals. They react to actions around them and i cannot over-emphasize the need to really learn a lot about dogs before getting one. Also speak with a professional to really know what breed fits your kind of home.
From experience, I came to know that dogs, no matter how they like a person they hate to hear them scream.
Some dogs hate babies scream. The way i see it, the woman left her dog, the maid and her baby in the car. The dog began to bark at strangers and passerby which made the baby scared and started crying. The maid, ignorant of whats going on fled from the car leaving the crying baby in the car. The dog then attacks the crying baby.
It is only ideal to introduce a puppy into a home where there's a baby.This helps strengthen the bond between the duo and avoids cases like this. Keeping an adult dog around a baby without supervision is really not safe.
I sympathize with the family of the Deceased.
I stumbled on this news earlier Today, and it was so heart breaking. Not just the incident, but also the fact that this would make more people see Dogs as wild beasts that kill babies and attack adults.
According to Punch News.
Maureen Akowe had every reason to be elated. At 37, she had a baby girl after three years of delayed conception. Little wonder, she christened the baby Chinonso (meaning God is near).
Like most Nigerians who belong to the middle-class, Maureen employed a nanny to help care for her baby, who was already four months old. As expected of any nursing mother, anytime she took her baby out with her, her nanny moved along.
Last Friday in Asaba, the Delta State capital, the nursing mother, who is also a housewife but a graduate of Sociology from the Delta State University, Abraka, decided to get groceries for the family especially her baby, at a nearby supermarket along Okpanam road, Asaba. She took along her baby, her nanny and an Alsatian dog, which was the only pet the family had.
For anyone who loves pets, it is not strange to see them, not only as companions, but as friends in need. Maureen must have loved her dog and decided entrusting the security of both her baby and its nanny in the care of her dog. Maybe she had done that on a number of occasions and nothing negative happened.
On this fateful day when she got to the shopping mall, she pulled over at the car park and left all the occupants of the car, including the dog, to get items inside the mall. For proper ventilation, she wound down the windows of the car and dashed inside.
While she was shopping, sources at the car park said there was a shrill cry from the nanny, who suddenly alighted from the car and ran into the mall shouting, “Madam, baby! Madam, baby!” Panic-stricken passers-by and other shoppers asked what was amiss and she led them to the car.
By then, a motley of crowd had gathered and running towards the car park. The gory sight in the car elicited shouts from them especially the women. Four-month-old Chinonso, had its stomach ripped open with blood splattered on the car seat and the clothes used to wrap it. The dog, on the other hand, stood towering over the baby with blood stains on its mouth!
Taken aback by the crowd, the dog started barking ferociously and wanted to attack. Promptly, two security guards from the mall took the dog and chained it. It still kept barking and tried to scare away any attacker from the crowd.
“Na Madam carry dog put for car and talk say make I stay inside car with dog and baby,” the nanny, who identified herself as Ifeoma Chinedu, quickly told the angry crowd who wanted to know what went wrong inside the car.
“Madam talk say she dey carry dog go veterinary clinic. Na as I sit inside car the dog move close and want to bite Chinonso (baby). I shout when I see say the dog open him mouth. As I shout, the dog no hear me and I come run comot make I go call Madam. But she dey inside supermarket and no hear me. She no come outside here on time,” the nanny, who claimed to hail from one of the eastern states, concluded in tears.
While all these went on, the mother of the baby had arrived and was in tears. Obviously distraught, she rolled on the floor and kept shouting, “Chinonso!Chinonso! Chinonso!” She quickly took her baby and ran. But some sympathizers took hold of her and the baby to avoid running into any oncoming vehicle. They rushed the baby, who was bleeding from the stomach, to a nearby hospital along Nnebisi road.
The baby died before they could get to the hospital.
Meanwhile, the dog was in chains and kept away from the angry mob who wanted to kill it. They alleged witchcraft and that the dog was an evil agent. Read full story here
You would recall the incident about the taxi driver mauled by dogs which i wrote about here - 7 Doga Attack Driver In Lagos
Now I ask myself, Why would a dog that has been good to this kid suddenly react?
Dogs are not crazy animals. They react to actions around them and i cannot over-emphasize the need to really learn a lot about dogs before getting one. Also speak with a professional to really know what breed fits your kind of home.
From experience, I came to know that dogs, no matter how they like a person they hate to hear them scream.
Some dogs hate babies scream. The way i see it, the woman left her dog, the maid and her baby in the car. The dog began to bark at strangers and passerby which made the baby scared and started crying. The maid, ignorant of whats going on fled from the car leaving the crying baby in the car. The dog then attacks the crying baby.
It is only ideal to introduce a puppy into a home where there's a baby.This helps strengthen the bond between the duo and avoids cases like this. Keeping an adult dog around a baby without supervision is really not safe.
I sympathize with the family of the Deceased.
