JUST TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT A DOG DID TO THIS PRETTY GIRL. I'M NOT AN ANIMAL PERSON MYSELF AND CAN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE KEEP DANGEROUS ANIMALS AT HOME, WITH THE KIDS...THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD KID IN NIGERIA, WHOSE SCALP WAS BITTEN OFF BY DOGS IS STILL BATTLING TO STAY ALIVE....
A
12-year-old girl has been left with horrific scars and narrowly avoided
being blinded after her face was brutally mauled by a friend's new
Siberian Husky.
Georgia
Sigourney was lying on the floor at her friend's house watching X
Factor when she accidentally nudged the dog, causing it to tear the
flesh around her mouth and cheeks.
The
schoolgirl ran screaming in tears with blood pouring down her face from
the house in Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, after the animal attacked.
Her
father Chris, 34, said: 'It's horrendous, I was absolutely devastated.
She's very upset and scared of dogs now. She's really nervous.
'It's just started to sink in. She's a pretty girl and she's obviously worried how she's going to look.
'If it was just a bit lower down it could have killed her or if it was a bit higher up she could have been blinded.
'It is horrible to say but she is lucky to have it where it is. She really is lucky to be alive when you think about it.'
He said that Georgia was sitting on the floor with the dog asleep behind her.
She then stood up and nudged the dog, which suddenly flipped and clamped its jaw down on her face.
Mr Sigourney said: 'She screamed and screamed. Her friend just locked herself in the bathroom so she was alone with the dog.'
Georgia
was rushed to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, where she was put on a
drip and given 31 external stitches and 20 internally.
She is finding it difficult to eat because of the pain of opening her mouth and has to drink through a straw.
She was sat
on the floor at her friend's home when she accidentally nudged the dog,
causing it to lunge at her face and tear the flesh around her mouth and
cheeks
This is believed
to be the dog that attacked Georgia. A member of her friend's family
posted this picture of the Siberian Husky, saying: 'We got a new dog
today, love her'
'It's
ruined her life. This is going to haunt her for the rest of her life
even if she was really brave at the time,' said Mr Sigourney.
'I want to say thank you to the doctors because they pretty much pieced her face back together.
Police
have now seized the dog, which apparently belonged to a friend of the
family who lived at the house where the attack happened.
Mr Sigourney said his daughter's friend had posted on Facebook that day saying 'this is our new dog Dakota'.
'But now they are claiming it's not their dog and have given it to police to destroy,' he added.
'They
only live two minutes down the street. My daughter said she and her
friend had been left alone in the house for two hours.'
Georgia's father Chris (left) said his daughter, pictured with her brother Callum, is lucky to be alive
'We have two dogs of our own and Georgia knows how to behave around animals. She's never been involved in an incident before.
'We
are just leaving the police to deal with it. I just want to warn other
people to be careful. Do not leave your dogs alone with children because
they can get hurt.'
A spokeswoman for Cambridgeshire Police said: 'The dog has been seized by police.
'We are awaiting advice from the dangerous dogs officer as to what should happen to it.'
The family who owned the dog refused to comment on the incident.
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