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A legal battle over a dog that killed a Nevada baby has ended with authorities turning over the mastiff-Rhodesian mix to an animal rights group, officials said.

The 120-pound canine named Onion became the focus of a dispute after it fatally mauled 1-year-old Jeremiah Eskew-Shahan nearly two years ago.

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The city of Henderson, which had sought to euthanize the animal, announced Thursday that it had reached a settlement and would give Onion to the New York-based Lexus Project.

City officials said in a statement that they decided to give up the court fight to spare the boy’s family more pain.

We didn’t want the family to have to endure that tragedy all over again

“As part of the court proceedings, family members would have been required to testify and relive the horrible details of that day,” Bud Cranor, spokesman for the city of Henderson, said in a statement. “We didn’t want the family to have to endure that tragedy all over again.”

Lexus president Robin Mittasch said the dog is out of Nevada and will be placed in a rescue. She declined to say where, but said it would not be to the Colorado sanctuary mentioned earlier.