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

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. Police found the woman nursing her severed arm and bleeding heavily after barricading the aggressive dog inside her residence. Officers applied a tourniquet to the woman before paramedics arrived and her detached arm was later found in the hopes of reattaching it. She was taken to Townsville University Hospital where she remains in a serious but stable condition....