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Death-jab for dog latched onto hand

Source: The Age
Melbourne : Australia | about 1 month ago  
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Paramedics were forced to kill the dog with a dose of drugs designed to put severely injured patients into an induced coma when the animal refused to let go of the man. A Victoria Ambulance spokesman said the killing had been an "absolute last resort" at the request of police who could not shoot the dog because...
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