This story stinks:

This is a trivial issue, but one that bothers. A guard dog at a teddy bear exhibit in England went nuts and ripped up "hundreds", including one that belonged to Elvis Presley. We read:

Barney the guard dog ripped the head from the antique teddy called Mabel after going berserk and savaging more than 100 bears in an exhibition.

The doberman pinscher, who was meant to be guarding the £500,000 collection, went on the rampage after his handler let him off the leash.

And:

A security guard at the museum, Greg West, said he spent several minutes chasing Barney before wrestling the dog to the ground.

Okay, here's the problem:

• How could a dog be going after "hundreds" of dogs if the minder was wrestling him to the ground (and presumably, just after being let off the leash). Almost for sure, the guy let the dog free in the room and then left the scene for a while. From pictures, it looks like a lot - at least several dozen - teddy bears were savaged.
  
  
  
  
• Who poses for pictures with the dog after the carnage?
  
  
  Greg West with the dog.
  
  

posted by Quiddity at 8/03/2006 09:50:00 PM