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Article: FRUITA GIRL, 7, DIES IN DOG ATTACK PAIR OF MALAMUTES HAD BEEN BOUGHT JUST 3 WEEKS AGO.(News)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- May 9, 2005
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Byline: Ellen Miller, Special to the News
FRUITA -- A 7-year-old girl was mauled to death in her backyard by one of two Alaskan malamutes her parents had purchased just three weeks ago, police and a family acquaintance said Sunday.
"They were friendly dogs, but the male got her by the throat," said Don Page, who shared his house with the girl and her parents. "The dogs weren't aggressive, not protective at all."
The girl, whose name was not released by Police Chief Mark Angelo, was pronounced dead Saturday night at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction after she was attacked just before 8 p.m.
Page identified her as Kate-Lynn Logel, a ...