Jealous dog kills newborn twin girls

A jealous dog has mauled newborn twin sisters to death in Brazil. It was gathered that their mother left them in the room to speak to a neighbour when the family dog carried out the act.

Their mother, 29 year old Elaine Novais is a council worker who had struggled to conceive for nine years.

The 26-day-old premature babies were killed at their home in Piripá, in the northeastern state of Bahia, Brazil, last Tuesday, June 23.

According to Elaine, she had not been gone for long when she heard the girls, Anne and Analú crying. She said that she rushed back to their bedroom but it was too late.

The Labrador and American foxhound cross had brutally attacked the girls. She said that she pulled the jealous dog away from the twins, but it had already inflicted fatal damage on their abdomens.

A nurse who lived nearby performed first aid on the twins. One died instantly from her injuries and the other later died at Maria Pedreira Barbosa Municipal Hospital after going into cardiac arrest.

Mrs Novais collapsed from shock after the death of her babies and she had to be sedated at the hospital. Mrs Novais and her husband Regis, 32, had struggled for nine years to have children.

The dog, described as “docile”, is believed to have become jealous after not receiving as much attention since the birth of the babies.

A family member claimed the dog “was left out in a way, and it no longer had the attention and affection of its owners provided before”.

They say,

“That could have caused some kind of jealousy and led the dog to attack the children.”

Anne and Analú died one day before their due date, having arrived a month early via cesarean section.

Police are investigating the deaths, but are yet to take testimonies from the devastated parents.