Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter


3

Depressed Pet Mauls Former French Prez

Pills can't keep Maltese from attacking Chirac 'for no apparent reason'

Share

(Newser) – 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.”

Chirac and his wife vote in 2007 French elections. Bernadette Chirac says the dog bit her husband for no apparent reason.
Chirac and his wife vote in 2007 French elections. Bernadette Chirac says the dog bit her husband for no apparent reason.   (AP Photo)
Chirac, 76, has increased in popularity since leaving the presidency.
Chirac, 76, has increased in popularity since leaving the presidency.   (AP Photo)
Chirac's Maltese poodle (not pictured) has been depressed and bit him unprovoked.
Chirac's Maltese poodle (not pictured) has been depressed and bit him unprovoked.   (AP Photo)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
OFF THE GRID
11.23.09
Books Are Bad for You
11.20.09
The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun
3 comments
VIEWING:
 
Caps
Jan 22, 09 9:18 PM CST
Maybe she does not like him. LOL Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
0
GAIL
Jan 23, 09 11:32 AM CST
Crazy dogs like crazy people.-bad breeding. Dogs don't typically bite for no reason. My usually sweet gentle Maltese bit me because I tried to take a chicken bone out of his mouth. My fault. Any dog bites are nothing to LOL about. Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
0
pete_ess
Aug 19, 09 2:28 AM CDT
Hey, biting Chirac tells me this dog knew just what it was doing. Living with a pol can't be easy. Every now and then one has to snap. Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
0
LEAVE A
COMMENT Comment Policy
Facebook ConnectPost this comment to Facebook?

After connecting you will have the option to post your comment on your Facebook profile.

 

Related Newser Stories

76 Stories

 Eyeless Chimp Victim 
 Recounts Ordeal on Oprah 

'I want the nightmares to stop,' says Charla Nash

Nov 12, 09 2:30 AM CST
(Newser) - A woman viciously attacked early this year by a crazed pet chimpanzee discussed her ordeal and revealed her ravaged face on the Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday. Charla Nash lost her nose, lips, eyelid—and hands—in the attack by a Connecticut neighbor's chimp. Doctors also removed both eyes because of... More »

MORE ABOUT:
pets • Oprah Winfrey • chimpanzees • animal attack • medicating pets • Charla Nash

 Chirac Must 
 Stand Trial 
 on Corruption 
 Charges 

Allegations go back to his days as mayor of Paris

Oct 30, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(AP) - Former French President Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial in an alleged corruption scandal dating back to his time as Paris mayor—a case that caught up with him in retirement once he lost the judicial immunity of France's highest office. A magistrate ordered Chirac, whose 12-year presidency... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Jacques Chirac • France • corruption • Paris • mayor • corruption charges

 7-Foot Dog Has 
 High Hopes for 
 World Record 

North Dakota specimen, ermm, Boomer, stands 3 ft tall and 7 ft long

Oct 8, 09 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The owner of a North Dakota dog who drinks from the kitchen sink and stares motorists right in the eye thinks he’s a candidate for world’s tallest dog. Boomer, a 180-pound Landseer Newfoundland, measures 3 feet at the shoulders and 7 feet nose to tail. His owner plans... More »

MORE ABOUT:
pets • tall • North Dakota • dog • Guinness World Records • Newfoundland • Great Dane • Landseer Newfoundland • giant

76 Stories


Attack 'not serious,' no permanent scar
AFP

'No apparent reason' for bite
Fox News

On doggy depression
How to brush your teeth


World 
TwitterFollow @NewserWorld on Twitter

 
pets • depression • Jacques Chirac • France • animal attack • poodle • dog

from our news partners