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[h=4]CBS Los Angeles[/h][h=4]After the dog attacked the baby seal, onlookers tried to save it to no avail.[/h]
When Gabrielle Giffords' husband tore his daughter's bulldog from a baby sea lion, the damage was already done.
As the dead seal drifted out to sea, blood oozed from its neck where the bulldog had chomped down and refused to let go about 1:40 p.m. Saturday.
Former Arizona Congresswoman Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut, were on vacation in Laguna Beach, Calif., and his 18-year-old daughter, who took her 65-pound dog, on a leash, for a walk along Goff Cove Beach near the Montage Laguna Beach resort.
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"If you have a dog of that stature and that power, they should be accompanied by someone who can handle a dog that is as powerful as an American bulldog," said Nathan, a fellow beachgoer who recorded the incident with his cellphone.

[h=4]CBS Los Angeles[/h][h=4]The dog attacked a sea lion during the Giffords’ California beach outing.[/h]
Nathan, who declined to provide his last name, was eating lunch close by when the canine broke free and attacked the sea lion, reported CBS Los Angeles.
The video, which Nathan posted on YouTube, shows Giffords' daughter try to tear the sea lion from the dog's clutches with two other women.
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"Drown the dog. He will let go and swim. Trust me," an onlooker advised.
One woman hit the dog's face repeatedly, prompting another bystander to say, "The seal is already dead. There's no use in hurting the dog."

[h=4]CBS Los Angeles[/h][h=4]Nathan, who recorded the incident, was shocked to discover that Gabrielle Giffords’ family was in the video.[/h]
"It was pretty much just panic," Nathan later explained. "People didn't know how to act when a dog of this size just locked down (and didn't let go)."
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Finally, Kelly arrived and yanked the bulldog away by its collar. Fresh blood dripped from its teeth as Kelly walked the dog off the beach.
Police said the family, who will not face any charges, did not do anything wrong.
Nathan claimed that he was unaware that the family in the video was well-known. Gabby Giffords was shot in the head in 2011.
"I was shocked. I didn't know that it was them," he said. "I felt bad that they went through this stressful situation."
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