A teddy bear once owned by Elvis Presley has been horribly mangled - by a hound dog.
Barney the guard dog ripped the head from the antique teddy called Mabel after going berserk and savaging more than 100 bears in an exhibition.
The doberman pinscher, who was meant to be guarding the £500,000 collection, went on the rampage after his handler let him off the leash.
He ripped the limbs from many of the helpless bears and left some with "saliva damage", reports the Mirror.
Mabel, the centrepiece of the exhibition at Wookey Hole, Somerset, came off worst. Her head was left hanging by a thread.
Mabel's owner Sir Benjamin Slade, who paid £40,000 for the 1909 teddy at a Memphis auction, was said to be "absolutely furious".
Barney's handler Greg West thinks the hound may have taken revenge on Mabel because he was jealous.
Greg, 36, said: "Barney has been a model guard dog for over six years. He's never done anything like this before"
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