Hound dog shreds Elvis teddy

A TEDDY bear formerly owned by Elvis Presley was destroyed when a guard dog supposed to protect it went on the rampage.

The rare Steiff bear, named Mabel, was due to form the centrepiece of an exhibition at Wookey Hole Caves near Wells, south-west England.

The bear was bought at auction in Memphis, Tennessee, by Somerset aristocrat Sir Benjamin Slade for £40,000 (€59,000) and had been loaned to the collection, a Wookey Hole spokesman said.