Matt White
08-03-2006, 11:30 AM
http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/0a/02/20060803074009990001Six-year-old Barney, a guard dog for the children's museum Wookey Hole Caves in Wells, England, chewed up $900,000 worth of stuffed bears.
http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/0c/01/20060803091109990008One of the bears damaged by the Doberman pinscher was Mabel, a bear made in 1909 by the German company Steif, once owned by a young Elvis Presley.
http://news.aol.com/entertainment/music/articles/_a/dog-destroys-elvis-teddy-bear-at-museum/20060802160609990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
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.
http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/01/07/20060803073609990001Benjamin Slade, an English aristocrat who acquired Presley's bear through an auction in Tennessee for around $75,000, had loaned the bear to the museum
http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/0d/00/20060803091509990012One of the security guards at the museum claims he spent several minutes chasing the dog before he tackled the animal and stopped the destruction.
HA!!!:D BARNEY should become the "official" dog of the DM'S!!!
http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/0c/01/20060803091109990008One of the bears damaged by the Doberman pinscher was Mabel, a bear made in 1909 by the German company Steif, once owned by a young Elvis Presley.
http://news.aol.com/entertainment/music/articles/_a/dog-destroys-elvis-teddy-bear-at-museum/20060802160609990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
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.
http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/01/07/20060803073609990001Benjamin Slade, an English aristocrat who acquired Presley's bear through an auction in Tennessee for around $75,000, had loaned the bear to the museum
http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/0d/00/20060803091509990012One of the security guards at the museum claims he spent several minutes chasing the dog before he tackled the animal and stopped the destruction.
HA!!!:D BARNEY should become the "official" dog of the DM'S!!!