Townsville woman forgives her dog after it viciously tore off her arm:
A woman whose arm was brutally ripped off by her own dog says she doesn’t blame the animal for the horrific attack that almost killed her.
Annmarie Walters, 34, from Garbutt, a suburb of Townsville in northern Queensland, was attacked by her dog Buddy on October 11.
Mrs Walters said Buddy was startled when a neighbor suddenly kicked the door of her Lonerganne Street home.
‘I grabbed him and he bit me on my left arm. “I shouted at him and he let go – but something outside, maybe all that shouting, must have triggered him again because he was clutching my right arm and I knew it was bad,” she told police. Townsville Bulletin.
In a desperate attempt to help, a neighbor threw a knife over the fence, but Buddy became increasingly aggressive.
‘He became completely psychotic. I’ve never seen a dog like that before. He pulled back three times, and then the arm came off. I was quite relieved when it came off, the pain was unbearable.’
Mrs Walters was left fighting for her life in the front garden, blood pouring from her arm, as neighbors retreated to their homes.
She was able to call paramedics after kicking off her shoes and dragging her phone closer with her foot.
Annmarie Walters, 34, (pictured) was viciously attacked by her dog Buddy (pictured centre) at her home in Garbutt, a suburb of Townsville, north Queensland, on October 11.
Mrs Walters (pictured) says she is not angry with Buddy and revealed her sadness at not being able to save him before he was put down
Emergency services rushed to the scene and discovered Mrs Walters with a severed forearm, and shot the dog dead.
Her forearm was later recovered in the hope that surgeons could reattach it.
However, the damage was too severe, making reconfirmation impossible.
Mrs. Walters explained that she was not angry with Buddy and expressed her sadness that she could not save him before he was put down.
Paramedics rushed to the scene at the time of the attack (pictured) and found Ms Walters with a severed forearm before she was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery.
βHe guarded his property and it cost him his life; he is an animal. Animals snap. Sometimes they get angry. He got mad at a stranger and accidentally got me,β she said.
She bought the dog, a Bull Arab, Ridgeback and Dingo mix, from a backyard breeder and suspects this is where the problems started.
Ms Walters is now calling for stricter laws to curb backyard breeding in the state.