A woman whose arm was amputated after she was mauled by American bulldog is suing the RSPCA claiming the charity knew the dog was aggressive. Joanna Harris fostered 15-month-old Kiwi from an RSPCA rescue centre and is now seeking £200,000 in damages over the life-changing injuries she suffered.
The 49-year-old was in her own home when she was forced to pull the bulldog’s jaws off her pet dog Bo, only for the bulldog to turn and maul her arm instead. Unable to release Kiwi’s grip from her arm, she rushed to the garden and shouted for a neighbour to call the police and an ambulance.
The American bulldog pulled and shook her arm before trying to set its teeth into her neck. When police arrived 20 minutes later, Kiwi was still latched onto its foster mum.
