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Puppy Shoots Florida Man

The Sydney Morning Herald - UK
9-10-4
 
(DPA) -- A puppy reportedly saved its own life when its paw slipped and tripped the trigger of a gun that its US owner planned to shoot it with.
 
The three-month-old puppy is one of four remaining in a litter belonging to Jerry Allen Bradford, 37, of Pensacola, Florida.
 
Police say Bradford shot and killed three of the shepherd-mix puppies in the litter, but when he tried to kill the rest of the dogs his difficulties began.
 
Bradford was holding one dog in his left hand and one dog in his right hand, when the puppy in his left hand began to wriggle free, Escambia County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt Ted Roy was quoted by ABC News as saying.
 
As the puppy squirmed, it put its paw on the gun's trigger and it fired, hitting Bradford in the wrist, Roy said. Bradford went to an emergency room for treatment, and a doctor there called authorities.
 
Bradford told police he had been unsuccessful giving the puppies away, according to ABC News. The three puppies Bradford allegedly shot were found buried with bullet wounds in their heads, Roy said.
 
The remaining four puppies and their mother are now at the Escambia County Animal Shelter. Bradford faces felony animal cruelty charges.
 
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