Updated:2006-08-02
16:07:59
Dog Destroys Elvis' Teddy Bear at
Museum
AP
LONDON (Aug. 2) - A guard dog has ripped apart a
collection of rare teddy bears, including one once owned by Elvis Presley,
during a rampage at a children's museum.
"He just went berserk," said Daniel Medley, general
manager of the Wookey Hole Caves near Wells, England, where hundreds of bears
were chewed up Tuesday night by the 6-year-old Doberman pinscher named
Barney.
Barney ripped the head off a brown stuffed bear once
owned by the young Presley during the attack, leaving fluffy stuffing and bits
of bears' limbs and heads on the museum floor. The bear, named Mabel, was made
in 1909 by the German manufacturer Steiff.
The collection, valued at more than $900,000, included
a red bear made by Farnell in 1910 and a Bobby Bruin made by Merrythought in
1936.
The bear with Elvis connections was owned by English
aristocrat Benjamin Slade, who bought it at an Elvis memorabilia auction in
Memphis, Tenn., and had loaned it to the museum.
"I've spoken to the bear's owner and he is not very
pleased at all," Medley said.
A security guard at the museum, Greg West, said he
spent several minutes chasing Barney before wrestling the dog to the
ground.
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