A Kamloops senior is recovering after being attacked by a Rottweiler with an aggressive history outside a McDonald's restaurant Sunday.
Mary Gural, 84, was leaving the restaurant with her husband when the dog, who she said was not properly tied up, came after her and tore apart her arm.
"He leaped at me… he knocked me down and banged my head. Next thing I knew I was hollering get this dog off me,” Gural said.
Gural needed 98 stitches in her arm and could require further surgery. She said she was emotionally traumatized by the attack.
“My skin was hanging down from the side. I saw that. But they told me not to look at it. That's how bad it was,” she said.
Officials said the same dog attacked a postal worker in June and wasn’t supposed to be out in public without a muzzle.
City of Kamloops spokesman Len Hrycan said the dog was not deemed dangerous in June because the incident wasn’t as severe as this recent attack.
Hrycan said the female dog, named Midnight, was put down on Wednesday.
"The dog was certainly seized on Sunday after the incident and it’s been in our pound since that time… the animal was surrendered to us for destruction and the dog has been put down,” he said.
The dog’s owner is under investigation and could face fines.
With a report from CTV British Columbia’s Michele Brunoro
