A young Australian woman whose pit bull monster destroyed the lower half of her arm in a terror attack has been identified.
Annmarie Walters, 34, from Garbutt, a suburb of Townsville in northern Queensland, was brutally attacked by her “large breed pitbull” on Friday.
Paramedics discovered Ms Walters with a severed forearm and her injuries were described as life-threatening.
The police had to shoot the pitbull to save her. The 34-year-old was recovered in the hope surgeons can reattach it.
It comes as neighbors on the quiet residential street reveal that the ‘mongrel’ had attacked two other people in recent months.
Neighbors Dale Butler and Rachel Fraser were visiting the 34-year-old man when the dog attacked them while they were at the front door.
He said the pit bull was barking and trying to get out of the house and Ms. Walters was trying to push him back.
‘He just grabbed her arm. “He must have been hungry for blood… he was trapped,” Mrs. Fraser told the Townsville Newsletter.
Annmarie Walters, 34 (pictured), from Garbutt, a suburb of Townsville in northern Queensland, was brutally attacked by her ‘large breed pitbull’ on Friday.
“It was a very serious and catastrophic injury,” said Queensland Police District Duty Officer Senior Sergeant Scot Warrick (Ms Walters is pictured on a stretcher).
Butler said he grabbed a knife and tried to stab the dog through the screen door, before spraying it with a hose.
He said the dog finally let go of Walter’s arm.
Butler said she told her neighbor she needed to get rid of her dog after it “destroyed two guys” in the last three months, including her husband.
Resident Corey Geesu said he was attacked by the same dog two weeks ago and spent several nights in the hospital as a result.
He was left with several large scars on his right forearm and believed the dog should have been removed sooner.
He said it was lucky the pit bull hadn’t attacked any children.
Queensland Police District Duty Officer Senior Sergeant Scot Warrick said a tourniquet wrapped around the woman’s arm “could have saved her life”.
“It was a very serious and catastrophic injury,” he said.
A Townsville University Hospital spokesperson said on Saturday Ms Walters (pictured) remained in a “serious but stable condition”.
The sergeant added that police “had no choice” but to euthanize the pit bull.
Ms Walter’s dog was shot dead by police after Townsville City Council animal control officers reported it could not be safely removed from the home.
“I know people will be very upset about it,” Senior Sergeant Warrick said of the dog’s death.
“But we had no choice.”
“I’ve been a police officer for 37 years, this is the first time I’ve seen something this serious,” he said.
A spokesperson for Townsville University Hospital said on Saturday Ms Walters remained in a “serious but stable condition”.