Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Rascal, the spaniel who got too close to a paper shredder


"Curiosity may have killed the cat - but Rascal's story shows it doesn't do the dog much good either.

The springer spaniel needed emergency surgery after peering into a paper shredder and setting it off.

The machine's metal jaws bit into the 11-month-old puppy's ear and dragged it in, shredding it like a sheet of paper.

Rascal's horrified owner Jackie Wells managed to switch off the power supply, but not before more than an inch of the dog's right ear had been chewed up.

Mrs Wells, 49, an exam invigilator, from St Albans, Hertfordshire, was shredding bills at home when the accident happened.

She said: ' To my horror the machine latched on to his ear and began to grind."
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