Best picture of the year, period

[Ms. Toad]

139. Five total that I could find

using variations of smothered, suffocated, infant, dog, puppy - from 1935, 1948, 1978, 1998, and 2010 (in the UK).

Three were in circumstances known to prevent their own risk of suffocation - or SIDS (face down under covers, on the back seat of a car, and on a sofa)
The bedding of the other two are unknown (a toddler in a camper - no description of the bedding, and a mother dog who miscarried and apparently saw the infant as a substitute pup - no information about bedding)

Three reported finding the dog with the child (the 1935, 1948, and 1998 ones), and no follow-up after autopsy was available.
Three reported the cause of death using words like "suspected" or "apparently," and the other two - 1935 and 1948 spoke with certainty - but also involved other suffocation risks (and were before much refined knowledge of SIDS.

1935 ( http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19350128&id=wwkfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l9IEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5196,3481943 )
1948 ( http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19480601&id=SuFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vCMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1440,323790 )
1978 ( http://www.news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19780427&id=DJ1RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2095,3960488 )
1998
2010

(I just remember battling my FIL about cats stealing infants' breath - and although a bit more plausible because of the weight involved - this seemed like more of the same mostly imagined risk, so I decided to explore it a bit.)