A young Australian woman who was viciously attacked by her pet Rottweiler has paid a heartbreaking tribute to the pets that killed her.
Nikita Piil, 31, nearly lost an arm and suffered severe head and leg injuries when her two dogs, Bronx and Harem, ran her over at her Perth home on September 16 last year.
The 7-year-old Bronx boy was shot and killed by an attending police officer after a failed Taser attempt on the dog. Her surviving dog Harem was deemed a “dangerous dog” and was euthanized a few days later.
Six months after the incident, Nikita shared a heartbreaking tribute on social media, saying that no matter what had happened, she was “nothing” without her beloved pet.
“Harlem and the Bronx, you made me the proudest Rottweiler mom on the planet,” she wrote, adding, “Without you, I'm nothing.”
Gory details of the attack
Nikita narrowly escaped death after being beaten. After the incident, her family said that while she was trying to calm her dog down after the incident with her neighbor, she accidentally “caught up in the crossed wires” and became the victim of the attack. revealed.
She was discovered by a neighbor who heard her screams. Despite her attempts to help the 31-year-old, the dogs continued to snatch her until police intervened.
Neighbor Bryn Spencer told the ABC at the time that she was unable to save her because she feared for her own safety.
“I thought about jumping over the fence and getting in to rescue her, but there were obviously two Rottweilers in there…I would have torn them apart,” he said.
“All I could do was watch this girl get torn apart while I was banging on the fence with a bat and (another neighbor) was hosing down the dog.”
The attacks continued until police intervened.
Rebelling against calls for a “ban”
Rottweiler attacks prompted federal parliament to ban the breed in Australia, sparking a backlash from breed owners. The push was led by former opposition leader Bill Shorten, who described dogs as “sharks with legs”.
“Some of these breeds should be banned. It has been proven that owners cannot control all dogs,” he said of dogs at the time.
But dog owners told Yahoo that the idea was “extreme” and “completely over the top.”
— For N.C.A.
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