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Barney goes crazy
SO MANY TEDDYS: Let's see what I can do? PHOTO: AP
A guard dog ripped apart a collection of rare teddy bears at a children's museum, including one that was owned by Elvis Presley. "He just went berserk," said Daniel Medley, general manager of the Wookey Hole Caves near Wells, England, where hundreds of bears were chewed up by the six-year-old Doberman pinscher named Barney. He also 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 and was owned by English aristocrat Benjamin Slade, who bought it at an Elvis memorabilia auction at Memphis and had loaned it to the museum. The collection was valued at more than $900,000. "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.
COMPLIED BY NIMI KURIAN
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