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Monday 24 October 2011
Boy mauled by #Stafordshire #Bull #Terrier 'drunk on #Stella' #Artois
London Telegraph: A 10-year-old boy could be scarred for life after being bitten in the face by a dog that had been given strong lager by its owners.
Joseph Pickering was attacked by the Staffordshire bull terrier just minutes after it had been fed a can of Stella Artois that had been poured down its throat "because it was thirsty".
The boy, from Lancashire, was bitten in the face by the dog after leaning over his next door neighbour's fence to stroke it.
He was rushed to hospital with facial wounds just above his eye and needed a skin graft to treat the injury.
The dog, called Diesel, had been fed lager by its owner's uncle after complaints that the dog was thirsty and needed a drink. It was said to be a "generally good-natured dog" before the incident.
COMMENT: would it have happened if lite beer was served? Would the dog have drunk the lite beer? Can we blame the beer, the dog, the owner or the kid who leaned over a fence and went into the dog’s territory? Will the beer, Stella Artois, ever mention this in advertisements?
“The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built.” Samora Machel
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