Daily Telegraph | Mother helpless as great dane mauls little boy Daily Telegraph A TRAUMATISED mother could only watch on helplessly as great dane tore the ear off her young son in a bloody attack. Tom Higgins, 3, was rushed into surgery yesterday to reattach his ear after the dog attacked him while he rode his bike along Antill St ... Dog attacks mainly due to 'human error', animal expert says Another Australian child has been injured in a dog attack Three-year-old boy remains in hospital in a stable condition after a dog attack in Mayfield on Tuesday |