pet ferrets chew off baby's face

[DrLeftover]

26 Jan

DARBY, Pa. (CBS) — An investigation is underway after police say a trio of ferrets chewed off the nose, top lip and part of the cheek of a one-month-old baby’s face in Delaware County.

“It’s not our fault. We didn’t do it, the animals did it,” says the victim’s father Burnie Fraim.

He adds, “We left the child unattended, which we take full responsibility.”

Fraim, 42, admits to Eyewitness News that he and his fiancee left their one-month-old daughter unattended, but shouldn’t have criminal charges for the damage his pets caused.

“This little mistake happened. I wish it never did happen, but it happened.”

That “little mistake” put his infant child in the hospital.

Police say Thursday, at a home in Darby, Fraim’s fiancee Jessica left their one-month-old daughter strapped to a car seat on the floor while she went upstairs where Burnie was sleeping.

She came back down to the sound of screaming. The couple’s three pet ferrets had attacked the baby, causing severe damage to her nose, upper lip and cheek.

Eyewitness News asked: “How bad was it, Burnie?”

Burnie: “The baby looked like, um, like it didn’t have a face.”

“This is the most horrific thing I’ve seen happen to a child in 45-years in this town. These kids need to be protected,” said Darby Borough Police Chief Robert Smythe.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/01/23/police-most-of-one-month-old-babys-face-ripped-off-by-ferret-in-darby-borough/

 

[Jazzy]

From another article:

The parents, who Smythe said have developmental disabilities, told detectives the ferrets were in a fabric cage, but somehow got out. They were later destroyed and are being testing for rabies.

The family was living in deplorable conditions and the home, in the 300 block of Poplar Road, is infested with fleas or mites, according to police. There were several other animals in the house including six cats, two dogs and two turtles.

The only food in the home was a jar of peanut butter, can of cranberry and some juice, Smythe said. There was food for the pets, however.

It's unclear how long it took the mother to respond to the child's cries.

"There's a one-month-old laying there and anywhere from one to three animals are eating it while the child is still alive and screaming. Now, how long does it take you to get downstairs to get to your kid," the police chief angrily asked. "You think that much flesh would be gone by the time you get down there?"

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These people aren't even fit to be parents. They definitely need to face charges and have their children taken away. My heart goes out to this poor little baby.

 

[+paradox]

jesus christ...

 

[Webster]

jesus christ...

No kidding....

 

[+paradox]

that's why parents shouldn't have animals/pets when they have a baby...

even dogs can attack and kill babies...

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Now these parents are showing a history of being bad parents and a should have that child removed from there care.

 

[+paradox]

Now these parents are showing a history of being bad parents and a should have that child removed from there care.

it doesn't matter if they had a history or not, they left the child unattended and therefor it's neglect...

the parent should be charged...

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Now these parents are showing a history of being bad parents and a should have that child removed from there care.

it doesn't matter if they had a history or not, they left the child unattended and therefor it's neglect...

the parent should be charged...

No it is neglect for the living conditions and what happened combined. It is showing a history of bad parenting. Find me a parent that has not left there baby in a car seat for a few minutes while doing something else like going to the bathroom.

 

[+paradox]

Now these parents are showing a history of being bad parents and a should have that child removed from there care.

it doesn't matter if they had a history or not, they left the child unattended and therefor it's neglect...

the parent should be charged...

No it is neglect for the living conditions and what happened combined. It is showing a history of bad parenting. Find me a parent that has not left there baby in a car seat for a few minutes while doing something else like going to the bathroom.

regardless of the living conditions, they left their baby unattended and had a animal that should have never been in the same house of the baby... equals being neglectful toward the baby...

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Now these parents are showing a history of being bad parents and a should have that child removed from there care.

it doesn't matter if they had a history or not, they left the child unattended and therefor it's neglect...

the parent should be charged...

No it is neglect for the living conditions and what happened combined. It is showing a history of bad parenting. Find me a parent that has not left there baby in a car seat for a few minutes while doing something else like going to the bathroom.

regardless of the living conditions, they left their baby unattended and had a animal that should have never been in the same house of the baby... equals being neglectful toward the baby...

Not regardless of living conditions. That shows a pattern of not being good parents. And no parent ever can be with there kid every moment of the day. None. But yet millions of pets in families homes do nothing to anyone a overwhelming majority of the time. So with that thought no human or animal that is not the parents should ever be left alone ever with a child.

 

[+paradox]

Now these parents are showing a history of being bad parents and a should have that child removed from there care.

it doesn't matter if they had a history or not, they left the child unattended and therefor it's neglect...

the parent should be charged...

No it is neglect for the living conditions and what happened combined. It is showing a history of bad parenting. Find me a parent that has not left there baby in a car seat for a few minutes while doing something else like going to the bathroom.

regardless of the living conditions, they left their baby unattended and had a animal that should have never been in the same house of the baby... equals being neglectful toward the baby...

Not regardless of living conditions. That shows a pattern of not being good parents. And no parent ever can be with there kid every moment of the day. None. But yet millions of pets in families homes do nothing to anyone a overwhelming majority of the time. So with that thought no human or animal that is not the parents should ever be left alone ever with a child.

yes, regardless of living conditions...

parents get arrested for neglect all the time when they have not had history of not being a good parent, so your little theory goes right out the window...

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

No not regardless. People are arrested for neglect like the bad living conditions far more then a mistake.

 

[+paradox]

No not regardless. People are arrested for neglect like the bad living conditions far more then a mistake.

what? :s

i said people get arrested for neglect all the time, regardless if they have a history of being a bad parent!

facts, buddy!  

and it all depends on the police and/or the prosecutor's office if the neglect was bad enough for arrest or not... and in a case of a pet being able to attack a baby that's been left alone for enough time for said animal to be able to attack and eat away of a baby's face, then yes, that's criminal neglect...

 

[DrLeftover]

-30-

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

-30-

I am not familiar with what this means?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

That's horrible. Its common sense not to have loose animals around a baby.

I remember even turning my indoor cat into an outdoor cat when my little one was a baby.

 

[+paradox]

That's horrible.  Its common sense not to have loose animals around a baby.

I remember even turning my indoor cat into an outdoor cat when my little one was a baby.

it's only common sense to not have an animal in the same house where a baby is, because anything can happen, and with some people, it did happen, just like in this case...

even cats and dogs are able to strike out against a human, let alone at a baby...

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Arrest these parents pronto!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mccaQooi5rE




Dog Saved Baby From An Abusive Babysitter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGMXbXjeNZ8

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

That's horrible.  Its common sense not to have loose animals around a baby.

I remember even turning my indoor cat into an outdoor cat when my little one was a baby.

it's only common sense to not have an animal in the same house where a baby is, because anything can happen, and with some people, it did happen, just like in this case...

even cats and dogs are able to strike out against a human, let alone at a baby...

My main fear was the cat curling up and going to sleep on (or near) the baby's face and suffocating the baby.   The cat could have loving intentions, thinking he's just cuddling up, but yeah....