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Girl savaged by Rottweiler - VIDEO
A NINE-year-old South Yorkshire girl has been left scarred for life after being attacked by a Rottweiler.
Chloe Grayson's face was ripped by the 10 stone dog named Bully at a New Year's Eve party at a neighbour's house.
The Rottweiler was roaming freely around the house in South Anston, near Sheffield, when the dog struck, plunging his teeth deep into the terrified youngster's face and leaving her covered in blood.
Devastated mum Nicola said Chloe had narrowly avoided being blinded in the vicious attack.
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Chloe, who attends Anston Brook Primary School, North Anston, has underwent plastic surgery at Sheffield Children's Hospital but her family has been warned she will be permanently disfigured.
The attack came just days after a one-year-old boy was killed by a Rottweiler in Wakefield and a Sheffield postman who was savaged as he completed his round in Grimesthorpe before Christmas.
Nicola, 33, today demanded the dog is destroyed and called for a ban on the breeding of Rottweilers as pets.
The dog has been removed from his owner's care pending further investigations but they are said to want their pet kept alive.
"I am so proud of the way Chloe has reacted to this - she accepts that it has happened and all she is concerned about now is making sure that the dog doesn't do the same to anyone else. We just want the police to destroy the dog because it is obviously a danger," said Nicola.
Chloe had been playing upstairs with her sister and two other children and had just come downstairs for a drink when the dog snapped.
Her mum said: "She came into the kitchen to ask me for a drink and the dog was standing next to her, then it just pounced and went for her face, starting at her hairline and then dragging its teeth down her face until they sunk into the fleshy part of her cheek.
"The dog then shook its head, ripping her cheek open and narrowly missing her eye. She has some nerve damage and is scarred for life.
" I just can't believe this and dread to think what would have happened if I hadn't just been one foot away from Chloe when the dog struck.
"I knew the family had a dog and because of the death of the young boy in Wakefield, who was killed by a Rottweiler, I asked the children to keep away from it and they did.
"Time and time again Rottweilers are proving to be killers and Chloe is another sad statistic of their nature and what they can do.
"Something positive has to come from this and I am going to use Chloe's experience to campaign for changes to the Dangerous Dogs Act so that nobody else has to go through this."
Supt Keith Lumley, deputy district commander for Rotherham, said: "We can confirm that officers are working closely with the family of a child who was involved in an incident during which she received injuries from a Rottweiler dog.
"The animal has been seized and is currently being cared for by South Yorkshire Police as part on an ongoing investigation.
"The owner of the animal is cooperating with the investigation.
"This is the first time an incident involving this particular animal has come to our attention."
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