Baby dies after being attacked by family dog in crib
A six-week-old baby passed away after being attacked by their family dog while he was sleeping in his crib.
News outlet NBC reported that Ezra Mansoor was attacked by their pet on May 24 at their family's home. "You just think it would never happen to you, but it can happen to anyone—with any dog breed, no matter how long you've had the dog," his mother Chloe told NBC affiliate WIBR.
"Ezra meant everything. There's really no words other than just absolutely everything," she said.
According to Chloe, their family had two dogs at home and it was their husky, which showed no signs of aggression in the past, that bit the infant "without warning."
Ezra was brought to a nearby hospital for medical assistance but was declared dead on May 30.
"All the sleepless nights and the dirty diapers—looking back, I would take a million sleepless nights and dirty diapers and all the fussiness, you would take it all back in a second and never take any moment or second for granted," mused Chloe.
Ezra's parents decided to donate his organs after his death.
The case is now under investigation by the Knox County Sheriff's Office, per standard protocol.
The dog is now in a local animal shelter for a 10-day bite quarantine.
According to the National Canine Research Council, "unprovoked attacks" are unusual among dogs, "at least it’s unusual in the sense of a dog lashing out in some way without having given some indication that he was uncomfortable in the situation."
"It’s much more likely that the person wasn’t able to read or didn’t notice the signal the dog was sending before the bite, or even that he felt reduced to a pre-emptive strike because the person had a history of forcing him into icky, scary situations," it said.
"When you hear a dog described as biting 'without warning,' take a minute to wonder what the dog may have actually said and to realize that unless you were actually there and are skilled at reading canine body language, you cannot know," the NCRC added.