Animal lovers across Canada want to adopt dog that killed newborn in Airdrie

Animal lovers from across the country are volunteering to adopt a pet husky that killed a newborn baby in Airdrie.

Darryl Poburan with municipal enforcement for the city of Airdrie says he's received at least a dozen requests.

He says the owners of the dog have also received many messages from people wanting to take the animal.

The two-day-old baby boy was bitten in the head Feb. 15 in the couple's home and died later that night in hospital.

A family friend says the baby had been crying in his crib, and the dog was likely trying to comfort him.

The dog is in quarantine and the family has not yet decided whether to have the husky destroyed.