Family pet mauls toddler ‘like a rag doll’

A DEVIL dog left a two-year-old boy with critical injuries after he mauled the child as he played in his back garden.

The family pet, a husky, suddenly set upon the terrified tot on Tuesday evening, bit him repeatedly and flung him around “like a rag doll”.

Little Reece O’Leary was in a serious but stable condition at Cork University Hospital last night after the frenzied attack.

He was being treated for injuries to his head, back, arms, knees and an upper thigh.

Neighbour Jonathan Curtin, 21, was hailed a hero by locals in Carew Park, Limerick, after he jumped a wall and smashed the crazed mutt with a shovel to save Reece.         Read More