Two newborn twin sisters were mauled to death by their family dog in Brazil in what family relatives described as a possible act of “jealousy,”
Horrified mum Elaine Novais ran into the girls’ room to find the pet attacking them at home in the city of Piripa, according to local media.
The mother had left her prematurely born 1-month-old babies, Anne and Analú, alone briefly while she talked to a neighbor at her home in Piripá on June 23
Elaine managed to drag the dogs off her babies but it was too late as the injuries were too fatal.
Ms Novais tried her best to provide the girls with first aid before they were rushed to Maria Pedreira Barbosa Municipal Hospital, where one was pronounced dead on arrival and the other died later.
The dog had lived with Novais and her husband, Regis, for five years and was usually gentle but may have felt “left out” after the twins were born, an unnamed family member said.
“We think that with the arrival of the twins, the animal no longer had the attention and affection of its owners that it had been used to,”
One of the babies died instantly from the wounds while the other was gravely injured and suffered a cardiac arrest.
The local in the area has expressed their condolences to the grieving family.
‘this immeasurable loss ‘May God comfort your hearts and give you the strength to transform all the pain of this irreparable loss into faith and hope.’
What happened to the dogs later on was never revealed.
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