Australian Woman’s Arm Severed by Her Own Dog in Attack

Police found a woman bleeding heavily outside of her Queensland residence.

A pitbull playing. Michal Cizek/Getty Images

On Oct. 11 in Townsville, North Queensland, a dog, believed to be a large pitbull cross, severed the arm of its owner, a woman in her thirties, in a vicious attack.

Previous complaints of aggressive behaviour had been made about the dog as it had attacked several weeks before.