Depressed Pet Mauls Former French Prez

Pills can't keep Maltese from attacking Chirac 'for no apparent reason'
By Ambreen Ali,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 22, 2009 10:39 AM CST
Depressed Pet Mauls Former French Prez
Chirac and his wife vote in 2007 French elections. Bernadette Chirac says the dog bit her husband for no apparent reason.   (AP Photo)

Former French President Jacques Chirac is recovering after his depressed poodle mauled him, the Daily Mail reports. Sumo, a white Maltese, takes anti-depressants and is prone to making “vicious, unprovoked attacks,” said Bernadette Chirac, who wouldn’t say where her 76-year-old husband had been bitten. “The dog went for him for no apparent reason … but he is certain to make a full recovery.” (More Jacques Chirac stories.)

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