A BABY girl whose death prompted police to seize the family dog has been named as Eliza-Mae Mullane, who was just six days old.
Dyfed Powys Police were called to New Road, Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire, Mid Wales, on Monday morning. Eliza-Mae was airlifted to the University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff, where she was pronounced dead.
Officers seized the family dog, an Alaskan malamute - not listed under the Dangerous Dogs Act - from the property.
The cause of Eliza-Mae's death has not yet been released and police say investigations are still at an "early stage".
Chief Inspector Ieuan Matthews, of Dyfed Powys Police, said: "The baby girl was just six days old.
"Clearly, our sympathies are with the family at this tragic time and we have specialist officers who are supporting them. As far as our inquiries are concerned, the investigation is still at an early stage."
One neighbour, who asked not to be named, described the dog as "docile".
She said: "There was nothing wrong with that dog. It had been around children for a few years. Certainly I had no concerns about it."
Alaskan malamutes were originally bred as sled dogs for work in the Arctic, but are now popular as pets.
The death comes barely a week after 11-month-old Ava-Jayne Corless was killed by a dog as she slept.
The girl was in bed at a house in Blackburn when she was savaged by the pit-bull terrier.
The girl's mother, Chloe King, 20, and her partner, Lee Wright, 26, were held on suspicion of manslaughter and subsequently bailed.
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