Honk News (Granite City, IL) – A man alleges he had to strangle his dog to death following a brutal attack by the animal.
Matt Porter, 35, reports being bitten approximately 70 times during a harrowing 45-minute attack, which resulted in the loss of function in one of his hands.
“I grabbed her by her neck and tried to talk to her and calm her. I told her she was hurting me and to stop but she wouldn’t,” Porter said, per Cornwall Live. He adds, “I was bleeding to death and I didn’t want to die, so even though I’d lost the use of my hands, I used sheer willpower and choked her to death with my forearms.”
Porter says “there was no other option” and that he “passed out in a puddle of blood that was around seven foot wide and woke up in hospital,” the outlet reports.
A fundraiser campaign launched by Porter’s sister in Illinois aims to assist with medical expenses following an incident. Eight months before the attack on February 19, Porter had rescued a pit bull named Karma from an abusive family.
“The attack, it happened out of nowhere,” the fundraiser states. “She was not provoked or anything in this situation, Karma just switched and started attacking him. Matt did not expect this to happen and was so caught off guard. He said it turned into a fight for his life so quickly.”
Porter is set to undergo several surgeries on both arms, essential for his work as a tree cutter, as stated online by his loved ones.