A 9-month-old baby girl was mauled to death by a pitbull in her home .
The tragedy occurred last night in Acerra, in the province of Naples. The father, who was alone at home with the little girl and, like the child, was sleeping during the attack, reported to the police that he found his daughter in her bed in a pool of blood .
The little girl was taken to the emergency room of the Villa dei Fiori clinic but the doctors could do nothing to save her.
A tragedy that could have been avoided, according to the residents of the neighborhood where little Giulia lived. According to what they say, in fact, the dog escaped from the apartment last summer and attacked another dog that was walking in the neighborhood in the company of a dog sitter .
"Everyone said that the owner had to shut it down because it was dangerous - some women say - but they didn't understand. They are good people, two workers, the little girl's mother works in a pizzeria, he is a bartender. They didn't understand that that dog could hurt people and especially children, including their little girl. A tragedy that could have been avoided ."
The crowd of residents who took to the streets couldn't understand how a dog, of a breed considered dangerous, could be kept free in the house with a little girl. "But how can you do it," said a woman, "you should ban something like this. Dogs are still animals, even if we treat them like human beings."
(Unioneonline/L)
