The mother of a young girl savaged by rottweilers in Dundee has made a heartfelt plea for the law to change.
Speaking to STV News, Lisa Grady, whose 10-year-old daughter Rhianna was mauled as she cycled to her grandmother's house in the city's Dryburgh Street, says people should not be allowed to own animals they can't control.
In her first television interview, Lisa says she'll be writing to the family of Toni Clannachan, who was also savaged by a dog in Kilmarnock this week.
Lisa described the moment she was told by her mother that Rhianna had been attacked.
She said: "When she told me, and I just put my hand over my mouth and I said 'Is it bad?' And my mum just said, 'Yeah, it's bad'."
Three powerful rottweillers had pounced on Rhianna, with surgeons at Ninewells Hospital later finding "chunks" had been bitten out of her arm and leg - and that the animals had gone for her throat.
Lisa added: "She said: "I was about 12 feet away from the bed and I walked over. And she was looking right at me, and I just saw blood all over her face. All over her neck.
"Her clothes were soaked in it. And I didn't even get as far as the bed before I burst into tears. And I actually crouched down on the floor and her dad came walking over and I said 'I can't...I can't...' because it's hard to see your daughter like that."
Lisa told STV News that she hopes a campaign can be launched to change the law on dangerous dogs.
Just days after Rhinna was attacked, Toni Clannachan, also just ten, was bitten in the face by an Akita Japanese Fighting Dog while playing in a friend's garden in Kilmarnock.
Lisa said she would be contacting Toni's family, and said: "Obviously , the more voices the better. Hopefully, something will change. They've got to. They've got to listen to people. They can't just keep ignoring it. I mean, how many other kids is this going to happen to before they take notice? It just can't go on".
Rhianna's grandmother Irene, who ran to the girl despite having a broken ankle, is credited with saving her life. Lisa hopes her mother's bravery will be recognised by all.
She said: "She is a hero. There's no doubt about it. If she hadn't done what she did it would have been much worse. We would have been organising a funeral."
Toys, cards and flowers have arrived at Rhianna's grandmothers from all over the world - even some without a proper address still got delivered.
Lisa says she is overwhelmed by the generosity of the public, and hopes many will back a campaign to bring dangerous dogs under control.
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