Honestly, who wouldn't see this coming... _____ Guard Dog Takes the Stuffing Out of Prized Bear Collection 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 Wookey Hole Caves near Wells, England, where hundreds of bears were chewed up Tuesday night by the 6-year-old Doberman pinscher named Barney. The rampage, in which Barney ripped the head off a brown stuffed bear owned by the young Presley, left fluffy stuffing and bears' limbs and heads on the museum floor. Presley's bear, named Mabel, was made in 1909 by the German manufacturer Steiff. The collection was valued at more than $900,000 and included a red bear made by Farnell in 1910 and a Bobby Bruin made by Merrythought in 1936. The bear linked to Elvis was owned by English aristocrat Benjamin Slade, who bought it at an Elvis memorabilia auction in Memphis and had lent it to the museum. "I've spoken to the bear's owner and he is not very pleased at all," Medley said. A museum security guard, Greg West, said he chased Barney and wrestled the dog to the ground. link
Ha, great picture! I love how the dog is *still* looking at the dolls, as if thinking, "yeah, I'm ready for round two b****es!"
this story is starting to become one of those internet phenomenoms, bring on the photoshopping.............
Wow, bet that security firm is now broke. I mean, who would have thunk it? Leaving a dog alone all night in a room full of teddy bears? I mean...come on. The humanity! Why would a dog ever want to tear apart a teddy bear?!
omg if you look closely especially the second picture there is drool coming out of his mouth! he wants more baby....................
So basically a museum official was in cahoots with the Rare Bear Syndicate in order to collect the insurance money, and jack up the price of Beary Memorabilia. A little bacon grease here, a spot of steak juice there, and bam it's all over but the crying. The whole thing looks like a collosal joke and everyone goes away rich. Nicely played.
The plot thickens -- was this a love triangle... _______ Making a meal of it Either there was a rogue scent of some kind on Mabel which switched on Barney's deepest instincts, or it could have been jealousy: I was just stroking Mabel and saying what a nice little bear she was. Barney isn't the first chocolate Doberman to get involved with the Slade family. Jasper, a Doberman-Labrador crossbreed, has lived with Sir Ben since the mid-1990s after inheriting a £130,000 trust fund from the aristocrat's mother-in-law. Jasper has a substantial media career of his own, appearing regularly in features on the world's most pampered pooches, and in 1998 was the subject of a court case after one of Sir Ben's ex-girlfriends was accused of dognapping him from the ancestral estate, Maunsel House. link _______ The absolute horror... Guard dog mauls Elvis's teddy in rampage Barney went on to rampage through hundreds of rare teddies, all on loan to Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset, and so valuable that the insurers had insisted on a guard dog to protect the premises at night. The aftermath, according to shocked staff, was appalling: shattered limbs, gouged eyes, ears torn off, and pools of sawdust everywhere. "Up to 100 bears were involved in the massacre," Daniel Medley, general manager of Wookey Hole Caves, said last night. "It was a dreadful scene." link
