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Tiny terrier saves five kids from two pit bulls
But injuries force canine New Zealand hero named George to be destroyed
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Four-year-old Darryl Wilson holds a picture of George, a 9-year-old Jack Russell terrier that gave his life to save five New Zealand children from two marauding pit bulls, in New Plymouth, New Zealand, on Monday.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A plucky foot-high Jack Russell terrier named George saved five New Zealand children from two marauding pit bulls, but was so severely mauled in the fight he had to be destroyed, his owner said Wednesday.
George was playing with the group of children as they returned home from buying sweets at a neighborhood shop in the small North Island town of Manaia last Sunday when the two pit bulls appeared and lunged toward them, his owner, Allan Gay, said.
"George was brave ? he took them on, and he's not even a foot high," Gay told The Associated Press. "He jumped in on them, he tried to keep them off. And he did this with a bad heart!
But injuries force canine New Zealand hero named George to be destroyed
Nic Gibson / APFour-year-old Darryl Wilson holds a picture of George, a 9-year-old Jack Russell terrier that gave his life to save five New Zealand children from two marauding pit bulls, in New Plymouth, New Zealand, on Monday.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A plucky foot-high Jack Russell terrier named George saved five New Zealand children from two marauding pit bulls, but was so severely mauled in the fight he had to be destroyed, his owner said Wednesday.
George was playing with the group of children as they returned home from buying sweets at a neighborhood shop in the small North Island town of Manaia last Sunday when the two pit bulls appeared and lunged toward them, his owner, Allan Gay, said.
"George was brave ? he took them on, and he's not even a foot high," Gay told The Associated Press. "He jumped in on them, he tried to keep them off. And he did this with a bad heart!
