[Face] Transplant Doc Denies Woman Tried Suicide - Yahoo! News:
[…] Neighbors said the woman was an animal lover who bought a smaller dog after the attack. Her Labrador was put down.[…] One of the patient's daughters reportedly told French media that the dog tried to wake her mother and had no intention of harming her -- a scenario that a local dog trainer said was probable.
'The dog undoubtedly wanted to re-establish contact with his master, in any way he could,' said Pascal Duplouy, who had no contact with the animal in question.
'When a dog is in a state of panic, it can scratch and scratch and scratch his master's face, to try to wake her, without realizing the harm it's doing,' he said. […] [My ellipses and emphasis]
