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A four-year-old girl was savaged by a pitbull which "took her face off" as her mum feared she would "bleed to death". ‌

Alexis Higham had been walking with her daughter, Carina Palladino, when the dog suddenly set upon her daughter. The 31-year-old mum said the animal darted toward them but she couldn't locate its owner. ‌

She claims the dog suddenly latched onto Carina's face and "ripped her to the ground". The care worker desperately tried to prise her daughter from the pit bull's jaws by using her water bottle and a plant pot, reports the Mirror . ‌

Alexis, from Mentor, Ohio, US, told NeedToKnow: "I thought if the dog bit her one more time, it would kill her.

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"We saw the dog and I told Karina to keep walking. It latched on to her face, rippe

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