An inquest has heard that a three-month-old baby was mauled to death by the family rescue dog after it dragged her out of her cot.
Mia O’Connell was fatally mauled by a rescue dog at the family home in Co Waterford, Ireland, on June 6, 2021 Mia O’Connell, from Co. Waterford in Ireland, was dragged out of her cot by the family’s rescue terrier dachshund cross, called Red, in June 2021.
‘My first reaction was to scream out for [Mia’s mum] Ella. I picked Mia up straight away. There was a pink and white muslin cloth on the single bed that I grabbed straight away and put it to the back of the head to stop the bleeding. ‘I could see blood down one side of Mia’s face, on the back of her head and on her clothes. I could not fully see the back of Mia’s head as Emily was holding a muslin cloth to her head.
But baby Mia’s dad, Rhys O’Connell, said they were not aware the dog had previously been used for hunting.Pathologists confirmed Mia would ‘not have suffered’ in her final moments Heidi O’Connell, another aunt to baby Mia, has urged parents to ‘think carefully’ before bringing a dog into their homes.
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