I've not looked into the case, because it will just depress me. The basics seem to be that a family got a new dog (breed pictures above) and left it with their 17 month old child. That's upsettingly stupid. Whether it's wilful neglect or just plain stupidity isn't obvious without knowing a lot...
Jesus, that's a bit extreme. They could instead be re-homed to a family without young children. We have a lovely cocker which we've had from 8 weeks and he will moan when the kids go near their resting mum. We get in the way and let him know that's not ok. It would need to be more than some...